Overview
This video provides a high-level walkthrough of the Blossom web app and desktop portal, describing core features, community focus, future updates, and the platform's appeal to long-term investors.
Platform Introduction and Purpose
- Blossom is a social investment network designed for investors, enabling users to follow friends, family, and creators.
- User portfolios can be linked directly from various brokerages or added manually if needed.
- Privacy is maintained; followers see portfolio allocations by percentage, not exact dollar figures unless chosen.
User Profile Features
- Profiles include standard features like profile photo, followers, following, and location.
- Milestone badges for reaching portfolio values (e.g., 10K, 100K, 1M) can be displayed.
- Users can view posts and discussions from others, similar to social platforms.
- Many popular creators are active on Blossom, increasing community engagement.
Community Feed and Investment Insights
- The community feed emphasizes long-term investing over short-term speculation, differentiating Blossom from platforms like Reddit or X.
- ETFs are the most popular discussion topic, with VFV being the top-held and discussed investment.
- Users can view what others are buying, selling, or monitoring, and follow those with similar investment strategies.
- The feed helps users research and discover investments based on community trends and posts.
Features and Platform Status
- The web portal currently lacks the "Markets" and "Learn" tabs, which are available on the mobile app and marked as "coming soon" to web.
- The app is the primary experience, ranking #39 in finance with a 4.8-star rating and included as a top 25 app for 2025 by Apple.
- Blossom is free to use, with a Pro upgrade offering enhanced analytics and dividend tracking for $8.99/month or $60/year.
Upcoming Features and Community Tools
- The markets tab provides curated lists, sector views, and popular stocks/ETFs, currently available on mobile and coming to web.
- The learn portal offers courses by creators on investing and financial topics, presently only in the mobile app.
- Users can submit portfolios for community opinions via the "rate my portfolio" feature.
Personal Updates and Community Engagement
- The creator shares personal news about expecting a second child soon, signaling reduced activity in June and summer.
- Viewers are encouraged to join Blossom, share feedback, and connect via the platform or YouTube comments.