Is March a bad month for sign-ups?

ivo68 · 2007-03-23, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by gotcha

(Sorry if the question has already been asked)

My sales for March have taken a dive across the board and I was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem this month. February was great and I have changed nothing so is it just a March thing?

gotcha

I have noticed the same pattern, year after year (see my post above). I am a gallery submitter who is trying to diversify to other stuff like free sites. It may be that gallery traffic is more prone to this phenomenon than other sources of traffic.

Mr Exotic · 2007-03-23, 12:28 PM

This month started off well above average for me, then went to total hell the last week or 2. If I have an alright last week, I oughta be close to my monthly average, but my traffic has gone up some thing like 30-40% this month so I would like to think my income would follow too, but it hasnt thus far. But then I know exactly what the problem is though, a sponsor that I have used for years now I decided to start pushing some of their others sites I havent tried before, which has resulted in 1:11,000 conversion ratio. So I guess if I end the month even close to average and the sponsor I pushed the hardest ends up 1:11,000 or worse I guess I can take that.

gotcha · 2007-03-29, 12:34 AM

ivo68 - I have exactly the same problem. In March I have created more galleries, submitted more and I think made higher quality galleries as well but although my effort and click throughs are up the sales are down. Picking up a bit now though. Free sites cam be good for additional SE traffic and as the surfer is looking for specific content then they should at least check out the sponsor and hopefully join.

Mr Exotic - My traffic is up too but the ratios are way down. I am thinking of dropping a couple of non performing sponsors and getting in to something new in addition to the sponsors that do perform for me already. Your 1:11,000 conversion ratio seems very low unless you have huge traffic? I have one sponsor where I have stats like that and they are going going gone. If I get 1:500-1000 I am happy.

2007-03-23, 12:28 PM	#2
Mr Exotic rifuckingdiculous Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cornfield in Indiana Posts: 532	This month started off well above average for me, then went to total hell the last week or 2. If I have an alright last week, I oughta be close to my monthly average, but my traffic has gone up some thing like 30-40% this month so I would like to think my income would follow too, but it hasnt thus far. But then I know exactly what the problem is though, a sponsor that I have used for years now I decided to start pushing some of their others sites I havent tried before, which has resulted in 1:11,000 conversion ratio. So I guess if I end the month even close to average and the sponsor I pushed the hardest ends up 1:11,000 or worse I guess I can take that. __________________ Submit Free Sites/Galleries

2007-03-29, 12:34 AM	#3
gotcha Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 11	ivo68 - I have exactly the same problem. In March I have created more galleries, submitted more and I think made higher quality galleries as well but although my effort and click throughs are up the sales are down. Picking up a bit now though. Free sites cam be good for additional SE traffic and as the surfer is looking for specific content then they should at least check out the sponsor and hopefully join. Mr Exotic - My traffic is up too but the ratios are way down. I am thinking of dropping a couple of non performing sponsors and getting in to something new in addition to the sponsors that do perform for me already. Your 1:11,000 conversion ratio seems very low unless you have huge traffic? I have one sponsor where I have stats like that and they are going going gone. If I get 1:500-1000 I am happy.