[IND] Built my portfolio site and got 370 visitors + 812 page views in 30 days with zero promotion. More than 40% hit the contact page.
I launched devchopra(dot)live, a while back and never really shared it anywhere. No LinkedIn posts, no Twitter threads, no "feedback please" spam. Just had it live.
Checked the analytics recently and the numbers were honestly surprising for a site with no distribution:
370 unique visitors, 812 page views, 45% bounce rate. The part that got me was the pages breakdown. Out of 370 visitors, 178 went to /contact. That's not accidental, that's the site doing its job. And yeah, 50+ messages came through the contact form in that same window.
I spent a lot of time thinking about what a portfolio should actually do. Most devs treat it like a resume dump. I wanted mine to answer one question fast: can this person actually build things and should I talk to them. Everything is structured around that.
If something comes to mind or you have a lead, the contact form is right there.
Would genuinely appreciate brutal feedback in the comments. Design, copy, what's missing, what's confusing, anything. I've been staring at it too long to see it clearly anymore.