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With these sponsorships they create and distribute automated ad placements that regularly post to the newsfeed in targeted ZIP codes," Nextdoor explained in its filing. "Small businesses leverage Neighborhood Sponsorships to drive awareness, build a positive reputation, and keep their business top of mind. The company deploys a number of different types of advertising products, including Neighborhood Sponsorships, which was it's first product, launched in 2017 they were initially used by real estate agents to create automated ad placements to post to the Nextdoor Newsfeed. We serve customers who consist of large brands and small and mid-sized businesses seeking to provide hyperlocal, engaging advertising content to our large and engaged base of neighbors." "We took a similarly deliberate approach to our monetization efforts. More recently, we have begun investing in new features to inspire neighbors to increase engagement, such as the ability to follow multiple neighborhoods, join interest groups, and make moments more engaging and shareable with enhanced video capabilities," the company wrote in a filing the SEC. While we believe this approach was critical to develop our trusted platform, it also constrained our user growth relative to the total market opportunity. "To date, we have primarily attracted new neighbors through word-of-mouth, earned media, and through mailed invitations, and kept our content accessible only to Verified Neighbors. The company also reported revenue of $52.7 million, a 66% increase, all of which came from advertising. Where neighbors borrow tools and sell couches," had 33 million Weekly Active Users in Q3 of this year, a 20% year-over-year increase. Where neighbors support local businesses and get updates from public agencies. The company, which describes itself as the place "where communities come together to greet newcomers, exchange recommendations, and read the latest local news. The idea, as many have observed, is clearly a way of trying to steal some of the thunder of hyperlocal social network Nextdoor.ĭespite this competition, though, Nextdoor is still thriving and growing, especially as the pandemic has forced so many people to stay local. The company even recently unveiled a new features called Neighborhoods, which includes a profile that’s separate from the user's main Facebook profile, and which allows them to meet people in their local community. That has come in the form of features for selling goods to people in their neighborhoods, and even a Yelp-like dedicated app for finding nearby restaurants and events, which also feature user reviews. Nextdoor makes all of its revenue from different types of advertising productsįacebook has, for a pretty long time now, had its sights set on being more of a local social network, on top of being the place where people go to post political memes and conspiracy theories.
