Revenue - Capitalized Contract Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Capitalized Contract Cost [Line Items]
Capitalized contract cost, net	$ 14,057	$ 14,080
Prepaid referral fees
Capitalized Contract Cost [Line Items]
Capitalized contract cost, current	5,301	4,813
Capitalized contract cost, noncurrent	7,200	7,713
Prepaid app fees
Capitalized Contract Cost [Line Items]
Capitalized contract cost, current	989	1,202
Sales commissions
Capitalized Contract Cost [Line Items]
Capitalized contract cost, current	398	221
Capitalized contract cost, noncurrent	$ 169	$ 131

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 340
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126905575&loc=SL49131252-203054

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