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Polyvore outpaced Pinterest and Twitter in social commerce traffic

Jess Lee · Jess Lee knows how to build a community of delighted users at Hustle Con · Feb 3, 2015 · at 2:08

Polyvore CEO Jess Lee speaks at Hustle Con about the platform's reach and commerce conversion relative to major social networks.

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“We have about twenty million visitors per month. Ah, we're the second largest driver of social commerce traffic on the web. Ah, so first is, ah, Facebook, then Polyvore, then Pinterest, and then Twitter.”

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The claim, plainly

Polyvore receives approximately 20 million monthly visitors and is the second-largest driver of social commerce web traffic, trailing only Facebook and ranking ahead of Pinterest and Twitter.

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Assessment

The claim bundles two distinct assertions: (1) that Polyvore had approximately 20 million monthly visitors, and (2) that Polyvore was the second-largest driver of social commerce traffic on the web, trailing only Facebook and ranking ahead of Pinterest and Twitter. Regarding traffic, Polyvore regularly reported 20 million monthly unique visitors between late 2012 and 2015, a figure widely documented across contemporary press (though some third-party analytics like Digiday in April 2015 estimated lower figures around 5 million uniques). However, benchmark reports from analytics firms tracking social commerce and referral traffic in late 2014 and early 2015 (such as Shareaholic, Shopify, and AddShoppers) do not support the traffic ranking assertion. Across broad social commerce referral volume, Facebook ranked first, followed by Pinterest and Twitter. While Polyvore led in certain specific metrics—such as ranking #1 in Average Order Value ($66.75) on Shopify and capturing strong share within the narrow 'social curation' segment—it did not outrank Pinterest or Twitter in overall social commerce referral traffic volume on the web.

Polyvore publicly reported 20 million monthly unique visitors between 2012 and 2015, cited by CNET and TechCrunch.
Shareaholic Q4 2014 social referral reports (published January 2015) ranked Facebook #1 (24-31%), Pinterest #2 (5-7%), and Twitter #3 (0.8-1.1%) in social referral traffic.
AddShoppers 2014/2015 Social Commerce Reports found Facebook (69.10%), Twitter (12.11%), and Pinterest (7.73%) as the top volume drivers of social commerce revenue.
Shopify's 2014-2015 benchmark data showed Polyvore led in Average Order Value ($66.75) but trailed behind Facebook and Pinterest in total order volume.

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[1] cnet.com [2] wikipedia.org [3] wikipedia.org [4] digiday.com [5] shareaholic.com [6] martech.org [7] fashionbrainacademy.com [8] tech.co

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