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StartupBar: a free traffic exchange for startups

A free traffic exchange network for startups.

Problem it solvesStartups need more traffic without paid ads.

Daniel Abinav launched StartupBar as a free traffic exchange network for startups. He reports the network grew to 97 startups with 481.3K impressions and 7.1K clicks by day 94.

How they grewNo paid ads; no growth hacks; one embed

Visit ↗ reddit.comso far94 days

danielabinav

u/danielabinav

Day 1 to 94 of the free traffic exchange I built. It's 3 now! 😭😭😭 94 days ago, I launched my startup, a free traffic exchange network for startups. One line of code, you're in the network. No paid ads. No growth hacks. Just watching the numbers every day. Day Startups in Network Impressions Clicks Achievements / Major Events 1 2 146 1 2 3 389 3 3 5 482 5 4 5 508 4 Site went down; received an $8K acquisition offer and declined. 5 6 621 10 6 5 742 15 Removed one startup after they pulled the embed; no code = no network. 7 7 1196 41 8 7 1535 74 9 8 1947 135 10 13 3500 318 Major growth spike 11 23 4800 432 12 24 6000 481 13 25 6800 491 14 25 8600 516 15 24 9900 564 Removed one startup. 16 23 10800 576 Removed one startup. 17 24 11900 603 Added one startup. 18 26 13400 624 Added two startups. 19 28 14400 652 Added two startups. 20 26 14700 671 Removed two startups. 21 26 15300 691 22 28 16100 719 Added two startups. 23 30 16800 738 Added two startups. 24 32 19800 778 Added 2 startups; rejected 4 applications. 25 34 23700 800 Added 2 startups; fixed some bugs. 26 33 27200 816 Removed 1 startup. 27 33 29900 833 28 33 30600 871 Removed 1; added 1; rejected a clothing brand and a horror blog application. 29 35 31300 910 Removed 1; added 3. Resigned from job to go all-in on StartupBar. 30 46 32900 1000 Removed 1; added 12. Senior manager offered WFH/project choice/lighter work after resignation. Received first StartupBar payment. 31 50 28100 1.2K Removed 1; added 5; rejected 1 crypto startup; removed fake impressions after exploit. 32 54 29300 1.2K Added 4 startups. 33 54 30900 1.2K Removed 1; added 1. 34 55 36100 1.3K Added 1 startup. 35 55 40100 1.3K Removed 2; added 2. 36 55 44800 1.4K Removed 1; added 1. 37 58 50700 1.4K Added 3. Updated distribution algorithm: delivery weighted by contribution. 38 57 55800 1.5K Removed 1; rejected 1 application. Reached 200 users. 39 58 59800 1.5K Added 1 startup. 40 60 63200 1.6K Added 3; removed 1. 41 63 69400 1.6K Added 3 startups. 42 62 73800 1.6K Removed 1 startup. 43 64 78000 1.7K Added 2. Added startup rotation in widget every 30 seconds. 44 66 86200 1.7K Added 2 startups. 45 67 88400 1.7K Removed 2; added 3. Updated widget algorithm. 46 69 91900 1.8K Removed 2; added 4. Received second payment. 47 68 98900 2.2K Removed 2; added 1. Added Pricing Page. 48 70 103.4K 2.3K Added 2 startups. 49 72 113.4K 2.4K Added 2. Added Bottom Placement option for the bar. 50 73 116.7K 2.4K Added 1 startup. 51 74 125.2K 2.5K Added 1; rejected 1 application. 52 73 131.2K 2.6K Removed 1 startup. 53 74 139.5K 2.7K Added 1 startup. 54 79 146.3K 2.7K Added 6; removed 1. 55 77 154.9K 2.8K Removed 2 startups. 56 77 161.8K 2.9K Added 1; removed 1. 57 77 169.4K 3K 58 77 176.2K 3.2K 59 78 184.3K 3.3K Added 2; removed 1. 60 77 190.9K 3.3K Added 1; removed 2. 61 77 194.9K 3.4K 62 78 199.5K 3.5K Added 1 startup. 63 78 204.9K 3.6K Revoked resignation after becoming comfortable with new team. 64 80 210.4K 3.6K Added 2 startups. 65 81 216.3K 3.7K Added 1. Planned $999 one-time homepage sponsorship. 66 78 219.7K 3.9K Removed 3 startups. 67 79 222.3K 3.9K Added 1 startup. 68 77 225.2K 3.9K Removed 2 startups. 69 79 228.7K 4.2K Added 2 startups. 70 Could not track — admitted to hospital for LASIK surgery. 71 80 243.8K 4.5K Added 1 startup. 72 82 248.3K 4.6K Added 2 startups. 73 83 252.6K 4.6K Added 1 startup. 74 84 261.2K 4.7K Added 1. Received third payment of $9.99. 75 84 274.3K 4.7K 76 84 278.3K 4.8K Added 1; removed 1. 77 85 282.5K 4.8K Added 1 startup. 78 85 286.8K 5.3K 79 89 292.0K 5.3K Added 4 startups. 80 92 299.3K 5.4K First $79 subscriber for Featured Spot #1! 🎉 . Thanks to Zengech for making it possible, hope Startupbar never fails your expectations. 81 93 306.4K 5.4K Received a $5 bid from 360EXP for the 3rd position on StartupBid. 82 92 316.7K 5.8K Removed 1 startup. 83 94 326.3K 5.9K Added 2 startups. 84 95 336.0K 5.9K Added 1 startup. 85 95 349.9K 6.0K 86 98 367.5K 6.1K Added 4; removed 1. 87 97 398.5K 6.2K Removed 1. Received a $6 bid from Lodol for the 1sd position on StartupBid. 88 98 428.0K 6.6K Added 2; removed 1. 89 96 473.1K 6.7K Removed 2 startups. 90 95 403.6K 6.7K Removed 1. Found 108K+ fake impressions; removed fraudulent traffic and implemented bot filtering. 91 96 427.7K 6.8K Added 1 startup. 92 95 442.5K 6.9K Removed 1 Startup 93 96 461.3K 7.0k Added 1 startup 94 97 481.3K 7.1K Added 1 startup Still free. Still growing. If you want in, it's one embed. That's it → StartupBar **Bid on StartupBid and your startup will be featured in the daily post of mine.**

Startups
97
day 94
Impressions
481.3K
day 94
Clicks
7.1K
day 94
Payment
$79
Featured Spot #1
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