The worldwide catalog of ideas Pinterest and its analogue Yandex.Collections.


Pinterest doesn’t look manly from its first page,” so it’s not surprising that alternative projects are appearing, focused mainly on the stronger half of humanity. One of the most popular of these is definitely Gentlemint, Pinterest's invite-only twin that focuses on content for men. The site gentlemint.com positions itself as a “men's clothing company”, offering a Pinterest-style design (white background with boxes around images and links). The service offers features similar to Pinterest, allowing users to "mint it" images by saving them to their accounts on the service.


Price: free


Developer: Brisky business, Ltd.


Although Pinterest is popular among various age groups, teenagers are not really its target audience. We Heart It is a Pinterest alternative aimed at teenage and college-age female users, as clearly evidenced by the presence of celebrities and models on home page. We Heart It uses a Pinterest-like design, is user-friendly, and has a button to save images as you browse.
Price: free
Developer: We Heart It, Inc.



A big focus on Pinterest is image sharing. However, the images on the service are not always of the highest quality. Jux is a website aimed at creative people, providing them with a space to share images. High Quality, which are usually concentrated in one creative area. Jux doesn't have a button that allows you to share images; it focuses on sharing your own creations, be it audio, video, photos or text.
Price: free
Developer: The Juxers

Image Spark
Image Spark is another site that is designed for creative people of all needs. Image Spark allows users to save and share images in the same way as other similar sites, and its images are more organized into customizable sections, making the service more project-focused.
Price: free
Developer: Teehan+Lax

Chill
Even though Pinterest allows you to share videos, the service's main focus is definitely on “static” images and text. If you're looking for a Pinterest-like site that's more video-focused, then Chill is worth a try. Chill has features almost identical to Pinterest, and gives users the ability to save, categorize and share videos from the Internet in one convenient place. The look and sharing button are similar to Pinterest, making it a familiar environment.
Price: free
Developer: Chill

Curisma
Some of Pinterest alternatives allow you to share images of anything, but there are some services that focus on specific types of items. Curisma is a site focused on modern technology products, giving its users the opportunity to exchange, discover and purchase new and unique gadgets and technology products. Users can personalize their pages and like items they like, which will then display items in that category on their home page.
Price: free
Developer: Curisma, Inc

Little Monsters
If there are sites centered around a specific group of products, then why not create a service aimed at a specific group of people. Realizing the power and potential of any form social networks, Lady Gaga began developing littlemonsters.com, a Pinterest-like service that allows her fans, whom she calls “little monsters,” to share images, videos and more from the web with fellow fans of the pop star.
Price: free
Developer: Backplane


Clipboard
If the publicity of Pinterest is what's holding you back from participating in the service, then you should check out more “private” alternatives. The Clipboard service allows members to clip, organize and share a variety of information, from images, maps, recipes and more. However, unlike Pinterest, all boards on the service are private by default. This guarantees at least some semblance of privacy, and the fact that a variety of information can be cut off makes Clipboard a tempting choice, especially for private projects.
Price: free
Developer: Clipboard, Inc.


These are just a few of the more than fifty Pinterest alternatives that can be found online, so chances are they will be able to suit the needs of any user.

There's no denying the ever-growing popularity of Pinterest. With over 2.5 million users registered in beta, Pinterest offers a new and... unique way introduce yourself on the Internet. Its growing popularity has, of course, spawned many sites that use various Pinterest elements and ideas.

If someone feels like Pinterest doesn't quite meet their expectations, they can try one of many alternatives. This could be an alternative “clone” like Gentlemint, or a narrow-profile technology-oriented service Curisma. We present to your attention ten best alternatives for Pinterest.


Pinterest doesn’t look manly from its first page,” so it’s not surprising that alternative projects are appearing, focused mainly on the stronger half of humanity. One of the most popular of these is definitely Gentlemint, Pinterest's invite-only twin that focuses on content for men. The site gentlemint.com positions itself as a “men's clothing company”, offering a Pinterest-style design (white background with boxes around images and links). The service offers features similar to Pinterest, allowing users to "mint it" images by saving them to their accounts on the service.


Although Pinterest is popular among various age groups, teenagers are not really its target audience. We Heart It is a Pinterest alternative aimed at teenage and college-age female users, as clearly demonstrated by the presence of celebrities and models on the main page. We Heart It uses a Pinterest-like design, is user-friendly, and has a button to save images as you browse.


A big focus on Pinterest is image sharing. However, the images on the service are not always of the highest quality. Jux is a site that caters to creatives, providing them with a space to share high quality images that are usually focused on a single creative area. Jux doesn't have a button that allows you to share images; it focuses on sharing your own creations, be it audio, video, photos or text.


Even though Pinterest allows you to share videos, the service's main focus is definitely on “static” images and text. If you're looking for a Pinterest-like site that's more video-focused, then Chill is worth a try. Chill has features almost identical to Pinterest, and gives users the ability to save, categorize and share videos from the Internet in one convenient place. The look and sharing button are similar to Pinterest, making it a familiar environment.


Some Pinterest alternatives allow you to share images of just about anything, but there are some services that focus on specific types of items. Curisma is a site focused on modern technology products, giving its users the opportunity to exchange, discover and purchase new and unique gadgets and technology products. Users can personalize their pages and like items they like, which will then show up items in that category on their home page.


If there are sites centered around a specific group of products, then why not create a service aimed at a specific group of people. Recognizing the power and potential of any form of social media, Lady Gaga set out to develop littlemonsters.com, a Pinterest-like service that allows her fans, whom she calls “little monsters,” to share images, videos and more from the web with like-minded fans. pop divas.


If the publicity of Pinterest is what's holding you back from participating in the service, then you should check out more “private” alternatives. The Clipboard service allows members to clip, organize and share a variety of information, from images, maps, recipes and more. However, unlike Pinterest, all boards on the service are private by default. This guarantees at least some semblance of privacy, and the fact that a variety of information can be cut off makes Clipboard a tempting choice, especially for private projects.


Image Spark is another site that is designed for creative people of all needs. Image Spark allows users to save and share images in the same way as other similar sites, and its images are more organized into customizable sections, making the service more project-focused.

These are just a few of the more than fifty Pinterest alternatives that can be found online, so chances are they will be able to suit the needs of any user.

I recently went to look at the website of the Russian Samver brothers, that is, Fast Lane Ventures, and saw

Russian Pinterest is conquering Russia

There are many amazing things in this wonderful text. I would like to dwell on some in more detail:
Social network Pinme.ru< ... >increased its average monthly audience to 4.5 million unique visitors in just five months of existence.

According to the creators of the service, which opened in December 2011 according to the well-known model "copy everything from a successful Western analogue, right down to the color of the panels and the location of the icons", 4.5 “unique” people visit the site per month. Naturally, there are no open counters on the site, but based on indirect and open statistics of sites with a similar Alexa rank, it can be assumed that from 10 to 25 thousand people visit the site per day. Of course, Alexa disgustingly calculates small, and even Russian, sites, so the likelihood that the real traffic is not 100-250 thousand (our assumption), but 20 times more, of course, is there.
This site has a very good Pagernk(4/10), it has 11,970 visitors and 39,501 pageviews per day.

Over the past two months, the site’s audience and the number of registrations have increased almost 20 times. The resource's users also have access to a mobile version (500,000 users). The launch of a mobile application is planned for mid-June.

The explosive growth of 20 times in two months is admirable for the well-coordinated work of the team. mobile version, which is actively used by half a million people, looks like this:

The most important thing for a startup is to constantly monitor (the guys here have already used Alexa Rank) their positions and often report who and when they have already overtaken (as mentioned, Alexa has a strange scheme for working with Russian sites and the same futubra, not to mention pinspire traffic maybe tens of times more) and who they are going to overtake:

According to Alexa.com, www.pinme.ru has surpassed both Russian and Western competitors (futubra.com, pinspire.com) in traffic, as well as the popular social network professionali.ru. Sasha Danilov, CEO www.pinme.ru intends to maintain its growth rate and in the very near future overtake such resources as gidepark.ru, moikrug.ru, vkrugudruzei.ru.

Great plans. 90% recognition, like Pinme.ru should become the same famous brand as Coca-Cola, AvtoVAZ or Putin? OK.
According to Sasha Danilov, CEO of Pinme.ru: “When launching the project, we set ourselves an ambitious goal - by 2013 to achieve 90% recognition among the Russian population. We wanted to make a real explosion in the RuNet, create a new trend, provide all network users with a unique source of inspiration for searching and creating new ideas! The company’s growth rate and its popularity among users confirm the feasibility of these ideas by 100%.”

In general, taking into account all of the above, Pinme.ru, naturally, does not look like a site with 4.5 million users. 4,000 people in the VKontakte group and 800 on Facebook indirectly confirm this once again.


It is interesting that in the press release there is a phrase that “The invite system ensures the absence of “spammers” and “bots” on the network” - a rather controversial statement, if only due to the fact that after clicking on “Get invite”, a letter with invite in a second lies in the box, sparkling with a scattering of exclamation marks that should - what? - to arouse enthusiasm in a person who made a conscious decision to work for the capitalization of a company that clumsily copied a Western service?


Happy statements about the value of the companies: $1.3M investment received, $8M total, and all this, somehow magically, based on the fact that Pinterest was worth $200M in a year, will give Pinma.ru some reason to grow to 100 million?

Venture investors has already invested $1.3 million with total investment planned to be around $6.7 million. Lada Sherbakova co-investor from Fast Lane Ventures believes the capitalization of the new social network “will grow to $100 million” while its American prototype pinterest.com was valued at $200m after 1 year online.

So far, the main activity in promoting the resource has been the purchase of paid posts from top bloggers: Sukhumi, Radulova, Tema, and dozens of others. The total audience of these bloggers is hundreds of thousands of people and LJ readers, and when after such a powerful campaign you see 252 sad followers

The social network Pinterest appeared in 2010. At first, registration was by invitation, but in 2012 registration was opened to all users. Pinterest has combined almost all areas of human activity and has turned into a chic cataloguer of ideas.

It’s not for nothing that Pinterest is called the “worldwide catalog of ideas”:

“Browse Pinterest and get ideas modern society" - this is the motto of the application.

Pinterest at its core is a photo hosting site where a user can add images, place them in thematic collections (Gadgets, Animals, Fashion, Education, etc.), and also share pictures with other users.

Images uploaded to Pinterest are called pins (English pin) or in Russian - buttons. Thematic collections on which pins (buttons) are located are called boards.

So, a picture is a pin (button) attached to a specific board. It turns out that the picture is like an advertisement on a regular bulletin board on the street.

Eat the following options Registration on Pinterest:

Rice. 1. Registration on Pinterest

In any case, you will need to confirm your e-mail by email. To do this, you need to find an email from Pinterest in your mail (by the way, don’t forget to check your Spam folder) and click on the red “Confirm email address” button:


Rice. 2. Confirmation Email to register on Pinterest

As soon as you start registering, you will be asked to “on the fly” select 5 interesting collections, after which you will be taken to the social network. It is possible that the most interesting pins from those collections that you have selected as interesting will be periodically sent to you by email.

There is a Russian language on Pinterest. The video, in particular, shows how to find and install Russian for your account if for some reason you don’t have it.

Video “What is Pinterest and how to use it?”

Please remember that many images on Pinterest are protected by copyright. Accordingly, illegal use of images can be easily identified and punished.

Pinterest Features

  • with like-minded people,
  • creating your own idea boards,
  • advertising their products,
  • look at life in other countries
  • etc.

Tips that are relevant for other social networks are suitable for Pinterest. So,

  • You shouldn’t publish 50 poor quality photos at once,
  • It is advisable to analyze the information posted,
  • you need to post high-quality photos,
  • look for really interesting information.

At your boards and write descriptions. You can link websites to your pins and attract potentially interested audiences. The good thing about Pinterest is that you can also find interesting and trendy content from other users.

The advantage of Pinterest is its design and simplicity, which attracts a huge number of users. There is nothing easier than opening the application and viewing beautiful pictures, clicking on which you can find unusual images and creative ideas.

It is worth noting that there is a Pinterest application for smartphones that will allow you to get inspired by new ideas using your mobile phone.

Similar to Pinterest are

  • social network Instagram
  • and Yandex.Collections.

Russian analogue of Yandex Collections


Rice. 3. Yandex.Collections beta version

This is a service for searching and exchanging ideas.

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