quietmoneySamplescience
Virtual instrument and sample pack store of solo developer SampleScience, offering plugins and Kontakt/Decent Sampler sounds, including free and pay-what-you-want products.
Pierre ParenteaOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: gumroad.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Virtual instrument and sample pack store of solo developer SampleScience, offering plugins and Kontakt/Decent Sampler sounds, including free and pay-what-you-want products.
- Users
- Indie musicians and hobbyist producers making electronic, lo-fi and film/TV score music
- Positioning
- A personal catalog since 2015 with many free/pay-what-you-want small sound sets, organized by style
- Pricing
- Some free (e.g. Cozy Piano $0, via Gumroad); there are also pay-what-you-want and paid collections, exact prices not found Billing: mixed Free tier: yes Source: Existing
- Prices on site
- 0$ Cozy Piano
- Team
- solo
“"Free Cozy Piano Overlay"; "Gumroad Buy Button 0$"; "I create virtual instruments... since 2015"; Pay-What-You-Want category”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). 4,524 visits last month Search is 57.5%, non-brand search about 34%, with terms gorilla bass vst and handpan plugin, so new users arrive by searching specific plugin names; direct 31.9%; social 6.4% from YouTube and Reddit; referrals include computermusic.jp.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 34% |
| 6% | |
| Other | 59% |
Direct + brand search 55%. 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 | 24.84% |
| Germany | 6.89% |
| Indonesia | 5.42% |
| India | 5% |
| Russia | 4.78% |
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube, Reddit
Keywords
149 keywords · brand ~55% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| sample science |
| samplescience hush piano |
| gorilla bass vst |
| handpan plugin |
| four ep |
Non-brand queries: gorilla bass vst, handpan plugin, four ep
Referring sites
5 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| computermusic.jp | 1.06% |
| sawayakatrip.com | 0.98% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Music | 27.74% |
| Graphics Multimedia and Web Design | 3.02% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 34.9K (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- -7.88%
- Country rank
- United States #585123
- Category rank
- Graphics Multimedia and Web Design #4305
- Bounce rate
- 44.69%
- Pages / visit
- 2.26
- Visit duration
- 00:00:37
- Industry
- Graphics Multimedia and Web Design
- Top 3 channels
- Organic Search › Direct › Organic Social (top channel 57.49%)
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 SEO
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Samplescience get per month?
About 4,524 last month (Similarweb estimate), #543 of 606; the month before was 2,753. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Samplescience's new users come from?
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). New users mostly come from need-based searches 4,524 visits last month Search is 57.5%, non-brand search about 34%, with terms gorilla bass vst and handpan plugin, so new users arrive by searching specific plugin names; direct 31.9%; social 6.4% from YouTube and Reddit; referrals include computermusic.jp.
How much does Samplescience cost?
Some free (e.g. Cozy Piano $0, via Gumroad); there are also pay-what-you-want and paid collections, exact 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.