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http://VisualizeUs.com - social bookmarking for pictures.

* Last month stats: ~2.5 million pageviews, 846,000 uniques.

* Highly engaged community with ~210k signed up users (all organically, 0 paid marketing) and 7 million pictures in db.

* Expenses ~$400 (hosting and outsourcing).

* Making ~$2k/mo profit, mainly from advertising and photo stock affiliates.

* Established since 2007, lots of SEO potential and very poorly monetized.

It's not exactly a side project, it has been our main business for the last 5 years, but we've got bored. We still believe it has a huge potential though so we're looking for someone who can take it to the next level.




Has Pinterest made a major impact on your business?


Absolutely yes, although we opened VisualizeUs like 4 years before Pinterest, Pinterest quickly took the advantage for social bookmarking for pictures.


It has, specially in terms of traffic, although we have a very loyal community that really likes VU. It has also had a major impact on that market in terms of investment. We have been bootstrapped all the time, but other projects in the same area has started to see a lot of movement in terms of investment thanks to Pinterest mainly.




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