Singups for august

[GoLiaT]

i have never seen such a slow month regarding money
same for you guys ?

[HomeGrown]

Er, this gets said alot. In the summer people accually go outside, so the porn biz slows down.

[[Labret]]

Summer slowdown is a myth.

Traffic may go down on weekends, but signups have not changed.

People still work, people still go home at night, people still surf and beat their meat.

[gothweb]

Not everyone sees a summer slump. Last summer was even for me... Then again, I should probably have been seeing growth, so that is a slump of a sort. This summer has been scary slow, with a few good weeks now and then. It happens.

Kids are home from school all day, and their parents don't dare look at porn. College kids are home at their parents' houses, and don't dare look at porn. Everyone is outside more, cuz the weather is better. People spend money on vacations, and can't afford porn. Etc...

[GoLiaT]

yea but the odd thing is i have been in this bizzness since -96
i have stats from every single month and this month
is the slowest since -96
last years august where around 40% higher in sales
can it be that the world economic collapse finally have reached
the porn industry to ?
i am working with all kinds of traffic (se, tgp, link list etc etc)
and i see the signup drop in all traffic
Labret what kind of traffic do you see no drop in ?

[ServerGenius]

It's only summer in a PART of the world.....no slowdown here...
but a steady increase

DynaMite

[JFPdude]

Originally posted by GoLiaT
yea but the odd thing is i have been in this bizzness since -96
i have stats from every single month and this month
is the slowest since -96
last years august where around 40% higher in sales
can it be that the world economic collapse finally have reached
the porn industry to ?
i am working with all kinds of traffic (se, tgp, link list etc etc)
and i see the signup drop in all traffic
Labret what kind of traffic do you see no drop in ?

Yes quit now ... redirect all your traffic to my sites and shut your sites down.

Get out while you can before it overcomes you.

They are still looking for counter help at McDonalds.

Paypal me $75.00 for this carreer advice.

[Wizzo]

August has been a bit slow for me as well...

[Theo]

same here, specially the last 2 weeks. The 1st week of august was very good, but then things didn't keep working that good. I think it's all mater of 3 weeks to see everything back to normal...maybe i'm wrong.

[some_idiot]

Originally posted by GoLiaT
i have never seen such a slow month regarding money
same for you guys ?

Sure my growth has slowed, but I'm still growing!
Slowdown? Nope, just have to work a bit harder and
diversify the sponsors. July was my best month yet,
August will be only slightly better.

If this is the slow down, September will be FREE MONEY.

[Paul Markham]

Originally posted by [Labret]
Summer slowdown is a myth.

Traffic may go down on weekends, but signups have not changed.

People still work, people still go home at night, people still surf and beat their meat.

True

Us Content Providers must be an indication of a bigger spread of the business and we had our best month ever this month. Surpassed our previous best by the 20/08/2002

[Bobby]

You're right Goliat. I'm in the business since 5 years and I never see a down like that in the sale. A lot of webmaster will tell you that they made more signup for this month on this board but when you know them personally you see the true. I hope to see a better result in September.

Bobby

[mrthumbs]

My mainstream business (which uses the same 'model' as
most adult sites) had 30% less sales in july, beginning of august
it started to pick up but for the last 2 weeks it's been down.
at least 40% less compared to 'average'.

Well see what happens in september.

[Sly_RJ]

Usually my first period sales are about half of my second period sales. From the looks of it, I think this month will be the complete opposite unless people start paying up.

[Martin]

This has been my worst month in my 4 years in the biz.. Just plain shit..

[EscortBiz]

very true so many here will say oh my god i made a killing yesterday then on the ICQ they are crying LOL you know who I mean

Anyway this is my first summer in biz so i dont know if its slow or fast :-)

[TAFlorian]

Maybe there are some lucky guys, but for me this month was really bad, about 50% less than last summer, it's terrible. Traffic dropped a bit, signups dropped alot....sites that did 1:200 or better for me a few months ago are up to 1:800 or even worse...only one sponsor still shows the same good results for me.

The good thing about this drop: It can only become better the next months ;)

[GoLiaT]

thanks for all the replys
now i know its not only me then hehehe

[Rictor]

You'd think sales would go up in the summer...college kids don't get any booty when they are home for the summer...ask Kush.

Of course Kush doesn't get any the rest of the year either.

[Frank W]

Originally posted by GoLiaT
yea but the odd thing is i have been in this bizzness since -96
i have stats from every single month and this month
is the slowest since -96
last years august where around 40% higher in sales
can it be that the world economic collapse finally have reached
the porn industry to ?
i am working with all kinds of traffic (se, tgp, link list etc etc)
and i see the signup drop in all traffic
Labret what kind of traffic do you see no drop in ?

I'm with you, Goliat. Its probably a confluence of many differing factors--niche, traffic source, marketing material rotation. But, of all my traffic sources, only sales from email is up. TGP -- sales down. EGP -- sales down. Software redirects -- sales down. AVS -- sales down. Modified CJ -- sales down. Paysite exits -- neutral.

[Shoplifter]

Originally posted by charly
True

Us Content Providers must be an indication of a bigger spread of the business and we had our best month ever this month. Surpassed our previous best by the 20/08/2002

Sure there are more people buying content as there are more sites.

But I would imagine the receipts per site are down.

[snowpimp]

there's no doubt about it, i've seen a summer slowdown in US sales every year for the last five years. but not to worry, all that extra work for less money will pay off in the months to come as both traffic and conversion ratios go up

god bless the college freshmen of america and all the CC companies giving them $500 limits!!

[Socks]

Our signups are up quite handsomly this month. Goliat e-mail me about a link trade if you want.. info at adultsitesurfer.com

[grumpy]

Has been a great month for me so far...increase of 20%
Its al a matter of possitive attitude.

[[Labret]]

People are confusing a glut of shit sites and fucker newbies with a slowdown.

No slowdown, just spread thinner.

It is no longer you and 4000 other cock smackers pushing bangbus, its you and 12000 other cocksmackers now.

See how it works?

[Kimmykim]

We are way up for August.

BUT -- we took advantage of a time when people in the business are not really updating and releasing stuff, since they want to wait until September when the pickup starts, for those that think they are down in summer numbers.

Summer can work just like any other time -- IF you are creatively coming up with ideas and aggressively marketing them...

[ldinternet]

Sales are strong as ever.

[GoLiaT]

Labret
are you one of those guys that always came home from school
with no shoes ?
all that hate...

[SR]

Originally posted by GoLiaT
Labret
are you one of those guys that always came home from school
with no shoes ?
all that hate...

hahahahaha

[[Labret]]

Originally posted by GoLiaT
Labret
are you one of those guys that always came home from school
with no shoes ?
all that hate...

Shoe theft?

No grandpa, I didnt grow up in the 40s or in the Ukraine.

Where I grew up you just got your ass kicked.

Sorry your conversions are low. I am assuming you are a cocksmacker pushing bangbus.