15 May 2000
91,728 users, up from 26,056 at New Year
The weekly statistics: 26,056 members in week 1, 91,728 on 15 May. 10,998 new ones in the last week alone.
We bought a million's worth of traffic at the start. Then the friends took over. They invited each other faster than we could buy servers.
- Schottenius: buying traffic gave 40,000 to 50,000; invitations (”chain letters”) took it to 400,000.
- At the start, SEK 1 million worth of traffic was bought (retrospective 2005).
Sources: Handelsklubben: Vilhelm Schottenius