Douban (Chinese: 豆瓣) is a Chinese social networking service that offers "lifestyle and culture" products and services for white-collar urbanites and college students.
Initially launched as a review sharing platform on March 6, 2005, is a Chinese SNS website for books, movies, and music, even recent events and activities. Douban aims to help its users discover life using its desktop and mobile products. It generates income from advertising, interactive marketing, and channel fees from book e-commerce. Douban’s primary products include Douban FM, Douban Reading, and Douban Movie.
Founded on 2005, Douban has raised over $60 million in three series of funding in 2006, 2009 and 2011. As of 2012, it has secured a user base of over 100 million users.
Unlike Facebook andRenRen, Douban is open to both registered and unregistered users. For registered users, the site recommends potential interesting books/movies/music to them in addition to serving as a social network website and record keeper; for unregistered users, the site is a good place to find ratings and reviews of books/movies/music.
official website: http://www.douban.com
Initially launched as a review sharing platform on March 6, 2005, is a Chinese SNS website for books, movies, and music, even recent events and activities. Douban aims to help its users discover life using its desktop and mobile products. It generates income from advertising, interactive marketing, and channel fees from book e-commerce. Douban’s primary products include Douban FM, Douban Reading, and Douban Movie.
Founded on 2005, Douban has raised over $60 million in three series of funding in 2006, 2009 and 2011. As of 2012, it has secured a user base of over 100 million users.
Unlike Facebook andRenRen, Douban is open to both registered and unregistered users. For registered users, the site recommends potential interesting books/movies/music to them in addition to serving as a social network website and record keeper; for unregistered users, the site is a good place to find ratings and reviews of books/movies/music.
official website: http://www.douban.com