Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =(

s4nt0s · 10-15-2009, 08:50 PM

This is my first year in internet marketing and my first year making money online. Sales have been decent for the amount of time I put into my website with promotion and SEO, etc ...

Around mid September my sales started to fade until the last 3 weeks I haven't made one sale. The weird part is I'm still getting the same amount of traffic and still getting 18-25 hops a day and promoting the exact same products I have always been yet I'm seeing no sales.

This is in the "gaming" niche.

None of the links on my website are cloaked. I'm not sure if that really matters but I didn't want to go back and cloak them due to the fact that my site is already ranked on page 1 for a very competitive keyword (30,000,000 competition). I wasn't sure if cloaking my links might effect my rankings somehow.

Anyways, the main question is: Do sales usually fade around this time of year?

I just don't want to worry about sales somehow being stolen or some other BS.

Thanks,
Devin

Zach Booker · 10-15-2009, 08:54 PM

As the nerds head in from the brisk cold your profits should rise...

I know for some of my sites in the weight loss niche around this time the sales do slow down a bit.

But 18-25 hops a day really isn't enough to make a judgement call on whether your sales are slow or not.

I would cloak your links though. (You'll get more clicks.)

Zach

HarrisonJ · 10-15-2009, 08:56 PM

Now that the holidays are starting to come around, sales should go up. Did your product owner change his pitch page at all? Maybe that is hurting your conversions.

winebuddy · 10-15-2009, 08:57 PM

my big product last year actually started its best growth this time of year that continued all the way through February of last year

Rich Struck · 10-15-2009, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s4nt0s

Anyways, the main question is: Do sales usually fade around this time of year?

My experience has been that this is the time of year when sales go up, usually way up.

s4nt0s · 10-15-2009, 09:56 PM

Thanks for the input guys. I'm gonna cloak all my links and have a friend buy a product through my aff link and see if it registers the sale.

trapp120 · 10-15-2009, 11:02 PM

In my industry, and MANY others, Q4 is dead as a door nail. Unless you're selling sh!t people buy as presents, you're going to feel a hit.

JulieKerr · 10-15-2009, 11:29 PM

For me the sales are good during this time of the years , usually from sept to dec the conversion is high.

Margaret Arumugam · 10-15-2009, 11:36 PM

Sept was a really bad month for me (I've been at this for 3 years so I'm sure what to expect).

October for the most part has been playing catch up by a long yard.

10-15-2009, 08:50 PM	#1
s4nt0s Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 95 Thanks: 6 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =( This is my first year in internet marketing and my first year making money online. Sales have been decent for the amount of time I put into my website with promotion and SEO, etc ... Around mid September my sales started to fade until the last 3 weeks I haven't made one sale. The weird part is I'm still getting the same amount of traffic and still getting 18-25 hops a day and promoting the exact same products I have always been yet I'm seeing no sales. This is in the "gaming" niche. None of the links on my website are cloaked. I'm not sure if that really matters but I didn't want to go back and cloak them due to the fact that my site is already ranked on page 1 for a very competitive keyword (30,000,000 competition). I wasn't sure if cloaking my links might effect my rankings somehow. Anyways, the main question is: Do sales usually fade around this time of year? I just don't want to worry about sales somehow being stolen or some other BS. Thanks, Devin
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10-15-2009, 08:54 PM	#2
Zach Booker Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 510 Thanks: 20 Thanked 59 Times in 39 Posts Contact Info	Re: Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =( As the nerds head in from the brisk cold your profits should rise... I know for some of my sites in the weight loss niche around this time the sales do slow down a bit. But 18-25 hops a day really isn't enough to make a judgement call on whether your sales are slow or not. I would cloak your links though. (You'll get more clicks.) Zach

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HarrisonJ HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: San Diego California Posts: 132 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	Re: Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =( Now that the holidays are starting to come around, sales should go up. Did your product owner change his pitch page at all? Maybe that is hurting your conversions.
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winebuddy Banned War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,046 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 80 Thanked 193 Times in 115 Posts Social Networking	Re: Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =( my big product last year actually started its best growth this time of year that continued all the way through February of last year

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s4nt0s Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 95 Thanks: 6 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =( Thanks for the input guys. I'm gonna cloak all my links and have a friend buy a product through my aff link and see if it registers the sale.
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trapp120 Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 54 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =( In my industry, and MANY others, Q4 is dead as a door nail. Unless you're selling sh!t people buy as presents, you're going to feel a hit.

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JulieKerr Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: , , . Posts: 32 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =( For me the sales are good during this time of the years , usually from sept to dec the conversion is high.

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Margaret Arumugam Active Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 81 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Do sales usually die down around this time of year? =( Sept was a really bad month for me (I've been at this for 3 years so I'm sure what to expect). October for the most part has been playing catch up by a long yard.