The last 2 approved yesterday were submitted on 12/5 and 12/8 and both will be listed on 12/20. Thou in the past I have submitted, been approved and listed in less than a week. Average leans more towards 10-12 days from submit to listed for myself.
Traffic is still pretty darn good especially when you consider its free. Plus I still get sales from these listings, nothing near what it use to be but what is
