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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody
Vjo my man!! You gotta ICQ me sometime so we can take this Bromance to a whole new level (and then i can talk more openly, too).
But here's what's happening with me, which is a wee differant from what affiliates go through, but similar (Wee Differant was going to be my porn name...)
Sales ROCKED for the first 3 weeks of September, record-breaking, but now this last week of September sales are so-so (at best). I have some theories as to why it feels like a cc processor has "flipped the switch". here's a hint: Anyone remember Enron and the energy scam that happened in California?
So what I do now is add new sites to the network so that's why I'm saying it's a bit differant for me: add new sites, sales go up up up. BUT my "steady performers", proven winners already on the network, have indeed "returned to their statistical normalities". So what i do when i see these patterns is I add another site to the network. LOL I wonder sometimes how FLAT my sales actually would be if I wasn't constantly growing....
Now for some "real world" possibilities (and not some industry-insider type of factors):
Summer is now officially over so many people are back into "school and work mode".
College students are just getting "settled in" to start their Fall semesters
People are taking a breather before the next crazed 3 month shop-fest known as the 'Holiday Season'
End of the month usually means more sales but sometimes I've noticed, depending on the time of year (spring, fall) end of the month can mean: tapped out.
Anyway, there's some comforting "real world" possibilities for ya. But mostly I say it's the economy. "Recession over" my big fat right nut!
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Good points. So you, Nicky, Fabian and a bunch of others all are seeing the same thing. We all seen the great 3 weeks and then big shut down.
This month did a flip flop.. for the last 3-4 months it has been slow the first period and better the second. All my rebills are in the second period so I know.
I tend to get the feeling people are maybe a bit more tapped out but who knows. Rebills been ok and a few sups just not nearly as good as it was.
As long as everyone else is the same then i dont feel bad as it is a larger swing due to some larger more general factor.
Sucks when things crash and you're buying traffic. double whammy
Ya never know when to shut things down a bit.
Generally tho for most of us things keep going in the right direction month to month.