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I built gather.buzz to let myself (and maybe you?) embed live TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube follower counts into websites and apps. It’s simple, lightweight, and works even with profiles that aren't yours.

### Backstory

At several points in the last years I have needed access to live social media data, but I got tired of bloated, expensive, overengineered tools and API restrictions.

gather.buzz is my attempt to solve this with minimal setup and no unnecessary complexity.

### What it does

- Live updates: Display follower counts directly on your site as plain text, updated automagically every 24 hrs.

- Simple integration: Just copy-paste two small HTML snippet. If you've ever successfully added Google Analytics to a site, you are probably already overqualified for this.

- Platform support: TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube (more coming soon).

- Lightweight: Non-blocking, fast, and with minimal impact on Google Pagespeed.

### How it works

0. Go the the site and excuse the ugly design.

1. Pick a profile (= any public account).

2. Copy the embed code.

3. Paste it into your website or app. That’s it.

### Use cases

- Add live follower stats to blogs, ecommerce pages, or portfolios showcasing social proof.

- Create dashboards or dynamic UIs with live metrics. (I have an experimental integration with Looker right now...)

- Support for WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, and custom-built sites.

### Pricing

$1.99/month per profile.

Includes daily updates and AI-free support by actual humans (me).

### Roadmap

I’m working on:

- Faster updates. Smarter caching.

- Google Sheets and Zapier integrations.

- API access for developers.

Try it here: https://gather.buzz

Feedback is appreciated, especially if something breaks. If you prefer to keep it private you can find contact details in my profile. Thanks for checking it out!

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My co-founder and I have been bootstrapping two products since the start of the year.

1 of them is in market, got early traction and growing slowly organically but, given a lot more time and effort, could be a decent sized business.

The second is a earlier, but again, could be a decent sized business.

We've chosen to bootstrap because we like the idea of the:

- Flexibility to shift to new projects/opportunities

- Building a cash-generating business (vs. waiting for a future exit)

- Working to our timelines/goals, instead of those of an investor

We have a potential opportunity to raise about $350k, for 10% from very founder-friendly fund.

We don't _need_ the cash, but it may help accelerate things.

Intuitively taking the cash injection feels like a no-brainer, but part of me never expects to exit this business because we hope to just live off the cash it generates.

Has anybody been in a similar situation? Any war stories or advice?

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