Conversions - what's decent ??

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  • dudus
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2004
    • 175

    #1

    Conversions - what's decent ??

    Just wondering what you folks out there think is an acceptable conversion ration. I know it all depends on the quality of the traffic, but say for decent search engine or type-in traffic for a reasonably specific search term (eg gangbangs) .....

    I mainly use dialers for my UK stuff but for US traffic I've been getting around 1:750 conversions for high quality traffic. My impression is that this isn't too bad - despite all the BS constantly put out about 1:200 conversions etc.

    Any thoughts...
  • gin
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2003
    • 672

    #2
    real ratio? 1:200-300. most sponsors ratio? 1:300 -500+ after about 30 - 40% "missing" clicks

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    • darnit
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2001
      • 2439

      #3
      whats your icq or email...?

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      • dudus
        Confirmed User
        • Apr 2004
        • 175

        #4
        guess you were looking to tell me about your dialer... had a look at your site and it looks great. For a few reasons I cant move over right now - but I will give you folks a shout in the summer and give the dialer a try.

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        • Chris
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • May 2003
          • 27880

          #5
          Well in the pill market and you use SE traffic .. for a term like Penis Pill store or something like that your convertions are normaly 1:75 MAX (NORMALY I SAID )

          all depends on your term and product


          with pay sites and SE / Type IN convertions are gonna be a bit higher to the fact thta surfers are wanting something they havnt seen before so it takes em a bit to find what they are lookin for
          [email protected]

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          • biskoppen
            Confirmed User
            • Mar 2003
            • 5809

            #6
            Ratios means nothing.....

            Stop wasting your time discussing this over and over again..

            All that matters is income versus expenses .. no matter if the ratio is 1:1 or 1:1000
            Submit my videos to make bank, tons of 5 minute videos offered right here

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            • Grinder
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2001
              • 261

              #7
              Forget about conversion rates.... you will drive yourself crazy. Does your sponsor count the first page, the second, or the join page? Is it a $19 signup or a 39.95... or is it a $1 commission for a free site?

              Find out what you are making per visitor you ship off.
              This takes a lot of work because of partnership deals and recurring revenues. But track where your traffic goes and put it all into an excel spreadsheet. You will find that you might be making less than a penny on some sponsers and 15 cents per visitor on others.

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              • biskoppen
                Confirmed User
                • Mar 2003
                • 5809

                #8
                Originally posted by Grinder
                Find out what you are making per visitor you ship off.
                This takes a lot of work because of partnership deals and recurring revenues. But track where your traffic goes and put it all into an excel spreadsheet. You will find that you might be making less than a penny on some sponsers and 15 cents per visitor on others. [/B]
                Still bullshit .. $$ pr visitor doesn't say anything either ..

                All you need to know is how much your investment returns ..

                I buy a gallery spot for for $100.. the BW costs me $35 .. expense $135

                The gallery brings me $335 in sales .. profit = $200

                Then I don't give a shit about what the ratio was (which depends 100% of how you make your outgoing links) .. as long as I make $200 with a $135 investment the ratio can be 1:3000 .. I don't care ...
                Submit my videos to make bank, tons of 5 minute videos offered right here

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                • Chris
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • May 2003
                  • 27880

                  #9
                  Originally posted by biskoppen
                  Still bullshit .. $$ pr visitor doesn't say anything either ..

                  All you need to know is how much your investment returns ..

                  I buy a gallery spot for for $100.. the BW costs me $35 .. expense $135

                  The gallery brings me $335 in sales .. profit = $200

                  Then I don't give a shit about what the ratio was (which depends 100% of how you make your outgoing links) .. as long as I make $200 with a $135 investment the ratio can be 1:3000 .. I don't care ...
                  so if you could find a sponsor that will make your profit lets say..... 2,000 you wont switch ? I am saying this because you are sayin RATIOS DONT MATTER ... they do matter if you are willing to switch for a better ratio ;)

                  ratio = More $$$ from your traffic
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                  • bdld
                    $100,000
                    • Dec 2001
                    • 11452

                    #10
                    for that kind of traffic + niche, i wouldnt let it slide past 1:350

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                    • biskoppen
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 5809

                      #11
                      Originally posted by JupZChris
                      so if you could find a sponsor that will make your profit lets say..... 2,000 you wont switch ? I am saying this because you are sayin RATIOS DONT MATTER ... they do matter if you are willing to switch for a better ratio ;)

                      ratio = More $$$ from your traffic
                      You can't put it up like that

                      We have a gallery which gets 200.000 visitors :

                      If the gallery have a "Join here for $29.95" link it might send 200 surfers to the sponsor making 10 sales ..

                      If the gallery have a "free video samples" link it might send 2000 surfers to the sponsor making the same 10 sales because "free video samples" traffic is less likely to buy.

                      But the result is the same .. and shows that the ratio doesn't matter ... the traffic you must look at is the traffic to the gallery, not the traffic to the sponsor ..

                      I have sponsors doing 1:20 and some doing 1:1500 ..
                      Submit my videos to make bank, tons of 5 minute videos offered right here

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                      • bringer
                        i have man boobies
                        • Jul 2003
                        • 13082

                        #12
                        Originally posted by gin
                        real ratio? 1:200-300. most sponsors ratio? 1:300 -500+ after about 30 - 40% "missing" clicks
                        i wish my clicks were missing.
                        instead i have sales MIA
                        333-765-551

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                        • Chris
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • May 2003
                          • 27880

                          #13
                          Originally posted by biskoppen
                          You can't put it up like that

                          We have a gallery which gets 200.000 visitors :

                          If the gallery have a "Join here for $29.95" link it might send 200 surfers to the sponsor making 10 sales ..

                          If the gallery have a "free video samples" link it might send 2000 surfers to the sponsor making the same 10 sales because "free video samples" traffic is less likely to buy.

                          But the result is the same .. and shows that the ratio doesn't matter ... the traffic you must look at is the traffic to the gallery, not the traffic to the sponsor ..

                          I have sponsors doing 1:20 and some doing 1:1500 ..
                          if i cant put it like that then you cant say ratios mean shit


                          its amount the amount of traffic you send and how that traffic CONVERTS witch gives you your ratio witch THEN brings in the ROI
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                          • biskoppen
                            Confirmed User
                            • Mar 2003
                            • 5809

                            #14
                            Originally posted by JupZChris
                            if i cant put it like that then you cant say ratios mean shit


                            its amount the amount of traffic you send and how that traffic CONVERTS witch gives you your ratio witch THEN brings in the ROI
                            Sure thing ... what I mean is that the ratio at the sponsors doesn't mean shit .. the "sales versus hits to gallery" ratio is the one that matters .. next to income versus expenses ..
                            Submit my videos to make bank, tons of 5 minute videos offered right here

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                            • smack
                              Push Porn Like Weight.
                              • Mar 2002
                              • 10652

                              #15
                              Originally posted by gin
                              real ratio? 1:200-300.
                              Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

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                              • CuriousToyBoy2
                                So Fucking Banned
                                • Apr 2004
                                • 707

                                #16
                                Originally posted by bdld
                                for that kind of traffic + niche, i wouldnt let it slide past 1:350
                                I agree 100%.

                                Even if you were promoting us with that type of traffic into our niche I would at worst recommend you try someone else to get some benchmarks.

                                In normal terms, with unknown traffic, more than 1:1000 would have me telling you the same.

                                We run an honest shiop because we can.

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                                • Grinder
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Nov 2001
                                  • 261

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by biskoppen
                                  Still bullshit .. $$ pr visitor doesn't say anything either ..

                                  All you need to know is how much your investment returns ..

                                  I buy a gallery spot for for $100.. the BW costs me $35 .. expense $135

                                  The gallery brings me $335 in sales .. profit = $200

                                  Then I don't give a shit about what the ratio was (which depends 100% of how you make your outgoing links) .. as long as I make $200 with a $135 investment the ratio can be 1:3000 .. I don't care ...
                                  I think we are talking about the same thing here. You are talking about the end result... the profit. Using your example suppose with your gallery you were able to get 10,000 visitors to click on a sponsor link and you grossed $335. then your outgoing traffic was worth a little over 3 cents each. But what if there was a sponsor that with the same traffic converted in such away that you made 10cents per outgoing visitor, then you would gross $1,000 then ... profit = $865

                                  All I was saying before is that $$ per visitor is a better way to calculate conversions than ratios.

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