- What does Pinterest do:
- Pinterest is a social sharing website where individuals and businesses can ‘pin’ images on ‘boards’ in order to share visual content with friends and followers. Pinterest categories include architecture, art, DIY and crafts, fashion, food and drink, home décor, science and travel, among an almost endless list of other possibilities.
- Company Name: Pinterest
- Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S
- Founded year: December 2009
- Launched year: January 2010
- Pinterest built on: Amazon EC2 and using Amazon S3 Pinterest storing the data.
- Industry: Internet
- Ratings: 4.6
- Downloads: 500,000,000+
- Pinterest Monthly Active Users: 400 million +
- Founder(s): Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp
- Number of Pinterest employees: 1,600
- Pricing: The price of a single Plus Plan is $14.99 paid monthly, or $119.88 paid yearly.
- Revenue: $400 million
- What makes Pinterest interesting: 48% of Pinterest users use the platform for shopping
- Total users: 72% of Pinterest users are women, 19% of men and 9% unspecified users
- Top 5 Competitors or similar products : Tastemade, Houzz, Google, Amazon, Snap
- Pinterest means : The word is a combination of two concepts, “pinboard” or “pin” and “interest”.
- Which businesses are using Pinterest: Major retailers like Ikea, House of Fraser and ASOS are big Pinterest users. Small businesses are also finding ways to attract attention on the site.
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