Merv · Client Result

A two-year revenue plateau,
broken.

FotoFetch sells verified photo proof to billboard media owners, a business that grows on brand and referral, not search. After a clearer homepage relaunch in May 2025, completed revenue broke out of a flat two-year stretch, even as search traffic fell.

+47%

completed revenue, the last 12 months vs. the 12 before the relaunch

96%

of search demand is branded: people who already know the name

−84%

search clicks, May 2025 vs. May 2026. Revenue rose anyway

Record

the best revenue months in company history came after the relaunch

Completed revenue · monthly

Flat for two years, then a step change after the May 2025 relaunch.
Monthly completed-order revenue, Jun 2021 – Sep 2026. Dashed lines show the 12 months before the relaunch and the latest 12 full months. Shown as a shape, without amounts.

The outcome: revenue

+47%
completed revenue in the latest 12 full months, against the 12 months before the May 2025 relaunch, after two flat years (2023–24). Strip out the single outlier month and it's still +36%.

Where the +47% came from

Four-fifths from existing accounts ordering more, not new logos.

Existing accounts

77% of the lift
came from accounts that were already ordering before the relaunch. They grew ~36%. The clearer homepage deepened demand that already knew the name.

New accounts

23% of the lift
from brand-new accounts. No single account drove the result. Growth was broad across the established media-owner base, not one whale.

FotoFetch grows on brand and referral. 96% of its search demand already knows the name. It sat flat through 2023–24. In the latest 12 full months, completed revenue is up ~47% on the year before the May 2025 homepage relaunch, with the best months on record, while search traffic dropped 84%, prices held flat, and the sales motion never changed. Four-fifths of that lift came from existing accounts ordering more. The engine is reach and referral, not search volume.

How to read this: the fine print

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Updated October 2026 · revenue from client billing, search figures from Google Search Console (June 2026)