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Dumbphone Finder by creator Jose Briones: helps people choose low-distraction feature phones, with reviews, a forum, a book and a course, monetized through affiliate links and discount codes.
Jose Briones waOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
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1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Dumbphone Finder by creator Jose Briones: helps people choose low-distraction feature phones, with reviews, a forum, a book and a course, monetized through affiliate links and discount codes.
- Users
- Users in the US and Europe who want to cut their phone dependence and switch to a feature phone
- Positioning
- The leading personal site in this niche topic, with an interactive filtering tool and YouTube reviews
- Pricing
- Free for readers; earns commission through affiliate links/discount codes, and also sells a book and a course (prices Not found) Free tier: yes Source: Homepage
- Team
- solo
- Acquisition entry points on site
- affiliate / referral program
- Sharing mechanics
- referral rewards Click this to get 10% OFF any phone by using code JOSEBRIONES
“Click this to get 10% OFF any phone by using code JOSEBRIONES”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). Organic search 63.9%, social 21.7%, direct 14.5%, brand keywords make up 78.3% (dumb phone, dumb phone finder), classified as referral-reward spread (discount code JOSEBRIONES for 10% off). Social comes from Reddit, YouTube and X, and the author's YouTube reviews bring people in. Returning users come back for the forum and new reviews.
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| 22% | |
| 78% |
Direct + brand search 78%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| United States | 46.09% |
| Germany | 7.46% |
| Spain | 5.47% |
| Canada | 4.6% |
| United Kingdom | 4.24% |
Countries (Semrush): United States 42.8%, Turkey 10.6%, Australia 7.8%, Germany 5.3%, Romania 3.8%
Language
English
Social sources
Reddit, YouTube, X (Twitter)
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| Gemini | 0.19 |
AI referrals (Semrush): Gemini 263 (0.19%)
Keywords
376 keywords · brand ~78% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| dumb phone |
| dumb phones |
| dumb phone finder |
| dumbphone finder |
| dumb phone with whatsapp |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 0.3% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 234.1K (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- -20.49%
- Country rank
- United States #113238
- Category rank
- Food and Drink/Groceries #838
- Bounce rate
- 45.2%
- Pages / visit
- 2.68
- Visit duration
- 00:02:10
- Industry
- Groceries
- Top 3 channels
- Organic Search › Direct › Organic Social (top channel 56.28%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 227,816 · 2 months ago 134,523 · Last month 136,288 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 18,582 / 0
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- google.com · Google organic 58.0%, reddit.com 20.6%, Direct 13.8%, brave.com 1.9%, google.nl · Google organic 1.0%
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Existing audience”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Viral
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Dumbphones get per month?
About 7,538 last month (Similarweb estimate), #489 of 606; the month before was 13,301. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Dumbphones's new users come from?
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). The site has invite or share mechanics, and direct plus brand search is the largest source Organic search 63.9%, social 21.7%, direct 14.5%, brand keywords make up 78.3% (dumb phone, dumb phone finder), classified as referral-reward spread (discount code JOSEBRIONES for 10% off). Social comes from Reddit, YouTube and X, and the author's YouTube reviews bring people in. Returning users come back for the forum and new reviews.
How much does Dumbphones cost?
Free for readers; earns commission through affiliate links/discount codes, and also sells a book and a course (prices Not found)
Dossier confidence: medium. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The number: checkout visits is Similarweb's estimate of visits from the site to a checkout payment page; opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue. Small sites land on fixed buckets.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-26.