PlaceTime startup in Innopolis is working to create a social network that brings together experts, investors and business partners based on geoservices and local communities.
The number of social network users in Russia is 70 million. This is almost half of the country's population (data from the Digital 2020 study). The social media market in the context of the pandemic grew by 32%, the revenues of advertising services grew by 63%, the expected growth in 2021-2022 is 87% with a uniform growth in the audience of services.
Due to the low culture of communication on social networks and the huge amount of spam, many businessmen hide their contacts. The startup team is working on a solution to this problem. The target audience of the social network is entrepreneurs 35-60 years old.
The developers indicate the following characteristics of the application:
• Ability to go to a personal meeting to confirm the transaction;
• Direct contact with business partners and clients;
• Moderation of public profiles;
• Geo-targeted profile advertising;
• Marketplace;
• Anonymity - at any time you can hide your profile from other members;
• Enable / disable displaying yourself on the map for other users;
• Advertise your profile and promote yourself in geo advertising;
• Loyalty reward system within the application