The total supplier interest generated by all current loop inputs.
Tool
Viral Growth Loop Visualizer
See how supplier acquisition compounds through referrals, buyer pull, content, self-promotion, and partner channels.
Interactive tool
Viral Growth Loop Visualizer
See how supplier acquisition compounds through referrals, buyer pull, content, self-promotion, and partner channels.
This models what happens after the first suppliers are live. The question is not whether the marketplace can acquire supply manually. The question is whether supply acquisition starts compounding.
Loop assumptions
Set the current supplier base, then tune the five loop inputs that can create the next wave of supply.
Growth loop simulation
The first cycle shows how the current active base generates the next wave. The second cycle shows whether the loop is actually compounding.
The number of additional active suppliers created by one full loop cycle.
Supplier referrals
Supplier self-promotion
Content and SEO
Partner channels
Buyer pull
Loop diagnosis
This tells you which part of the compounding system is pulling hardest and which part is lagging.
What to build next
A growth loop does not improve because it looks elegant on a diagram. It improves when one weak node gets stronger in the product or go-to-market system.
How to read the loop
The loop only compounds when each step hands off cleanly into the next. Otherwise the marketplace keeps paying manual acquisition cost every cycle.
Referral loop
Best when the marketplace already delivers visible value and suppliers have peers worth introducing. Weak before first liquidity, strong after first proof.
Self-promotion loop
Works when the product makes suppliers look better or operate better. Widgets, storefronts, claim flows, and booking buttons strengthen this path.
Content loop
Works when supplier-intent pages, education, and alternatives content solve the same problem the marketplace solves. Slower, but durable.
Partner and buyer pull
These loops work when the marketplace lets outside actors help recruit supply. Buyers request missing suppliers. Partners unlock concentrated supplier pools.