quietmoneyXivmodarchive
Archive of player-made mods for Final Fantasy XIV: browse and search 98,000+ player-uploaded mods, with a Discord bot that collects them automatically.
FF14 mods used One-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
- Archive of player-made mods for Final Fantasy XIV: browse and search 98,000+ player-uploaded mods, with a Discord bot that collects them automatically.
- Users
- PC players who change their FF14 character's outfits and appearance
- Positioning
- The largest centralized index of FF14 mods, auto-populated by a Discord bot
- Pricing
- Free; Patreon subscribers unlock extra features (price not found) Billing: donation Free tier: yes Source: existing
- Team
- solo
- Acquisition entry points on site
- Discord community
- Sharing mechanics
- public profiles / leaderboards By: Dakus CodeX (creator profiles); Today's Most Viewed Mods; Become a Patreon Subscriber; must log in to view NSFW content
- Price source
- xivmodarchive.com
“By: Dakus CodeX (creator profiles); Today's Most Viewed Mods; Become a Patreon Subscriber; must log in to view NSFW content”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). 4,524 visits last month, a clear drop (10,839 two months ago, -56.8% month over month). Direct 85.2%, with veteran players returning regularly; search 12.8% (queries: ffxiv mods, ff14 mod archive), brand keywords 92.9%; referrals from trello.com, patreon.com, nexusmods.com; Discord login and server keep the community together.
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 5% |
| 2% | |
| 93% |
Direct + brand search 93%. 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 | 50.27% |
| United Kingdom | 8.4% |
| Germany | 5.99% |
| Canada | 3.93% |
| Australia | 3.12% |
Countries (Semrush): United States 54.8%, Japan 5.0%, Canada 4.9%, United Kingdom 4.6%, Russian Federation 3.1%
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube, X (Twitter), Discord; Messaging: Discord
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0.08 |
| grok.com | 0.0 |
| Gemini | 0.0 |
AI referrals (Semrush): ChatGPT 1,848 (0.08%), grok.com 84 (0.00%), Gemini 34 (0.00%), Claude 24 (0.00%)
Keywords
6.1K keywords · brand ~93% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| ffxiv mods |
| ff14 mods |
| ffxiv mod archive |
| ff14 mod archive |
| xiv mod archive |
Non-brand queries: ff14 mods, ff14 mod archive
Referring sites
20 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| trello.com | 3.56% |
| patreon.com | 3.27% |
| nexusmods.com | 2.95% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| News & Media Publishers | 26.94% |
| Video Games Consoles and Accessories | 25.74% |
| Social Media Networks | 14.09% |
| Programming and Developer Software | 6.08% |
| Graphics Multimedia and Web Design | 0.5% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 1.8M (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- -12.27%
- Country rank
- United States #7370
- Category rank
- Games/Video Games Consoles and Accessories (US) #210
- Bounce rate
- 23.21%
- Pages / visit
- 14.47
- Visit duration
- 00:08:04
- Industry
- Video Games Consoles and Accessories
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Organic Social (top channel 66.29%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 2,505,483 · 2 months ago 2,909,475 · Last month 2,267,683 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 111,041 / 0
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- Direct 79.7%, google.com · Google organic 12.0%, t.co 0.8%, youtube.com 0.6%, discord.com 0.5%
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 Xivmodarchive get per month?
About 4,524 last month (Similarweb estimate), #545 of 606; the month before was 10,839. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Xivmodarchive'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 4,524 visits last month, a clear drop (10,839 two months ago, -56.8% month over month). Direct 85.2%, with veteran players returning regularly; search 12.8% (queries: ffxiv mods, ff14 mod archive), brand keywords 92.9%; referrals from trello.com, patreon.com, nexusmods.com; Discord login and server keep the community together.
How much does Xivmodarchive cost?
Free; Patreon subscribers unlock extra features (price not found)
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.