quietmoneyGobooks
Online store for Go (baduk/weiqi) e-books, selling interactive Go books in EPUB/GoBook format that are read in the SmartGo One app.
Smart Go, Inc. One-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: checkout.stripe.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Online store for Go (baduk/weiqi) e-books, selling interactive Go books in EPUB/GoBook format that are read in the SmartGo One app.
- Users
- Go enthusiasts, mainly in the US, South Korea and Germany
- Positioning
- Specializes in interactive Go books, tied to its own reading app on Apple platforms
- Pricing
- $2.99–$24.99 per book, one-time purchase Billing: one-time Free tier: no Source: existing
- Prices on site
- $2.99-$24.99 one-time per book
- Team
- solo
- Acquisition entry points on site
- app store
“'They are available in the newest version of SmartGo One'; titles priced $2.99-$24.99; two free CC-licensed books”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Direct 46.7%, search 37.7%, referral 9.3%; brand keywords 76.9%; search terms include tiny go smartgo books and go book; the only social source seen is Reddit. New users classified as Other; existing users come back through the SmartGo app to buy books.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 8% |
| Other | 92% |
Direct + brand search 77%. 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 | 75.67% |
| Korea, Republic of | 12.57% |
| Germany | 6.76% |
| France | 5% |
Language
Mainly English, also German/Spanish/French/Japanese/Korean
Social sources
Keywords
14 keywords · brand ~77% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| gobooks tiny go |
| tiny go smartgo books |
| gobooks |
| go book |
| go game series |
Non-brand queries: go game series
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 15.9K (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- +73.08%
- Country rank
- United States #631604
- Category rank
- Games/Board and Card Games (US) #1115
- Bounce rate
- 54.16%
- Pages / visit
- 2.50
- Visit duration
- 00:04:43
- Industry
- Board and Card Games
- Top 3 channels
- Organic Search › Direct › Referrals (top channel 37.7%)
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 “New-platform window”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Other
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Gobooks get per month?
About 12,894 last month (Similarweb estimate), #228 of 606; the month before was 4,712. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Gobooks's new users come from?
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Mostly referrals, email or paid, or mostly direct with no clear source Direct 46.7%, search 37.7%, referral 9.3%; brand keywords 76.9%; search terms include tiny go smartgo books and go book; the only social source seen is Reddit. New users classified as Other; existing users come back through the SmartGo app to buy books.
How much does Gobooks cost?
$2.99–$24.99 per book, one-time purchase
Dossier confidence: high. 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.