Do you notice trends in sales over the year?

[Big_D]

I am wondering if other webmasters see increases and decreases in sales during points of the year such as the fall, winter, summber, and spring. I have an idea that more surfers sit at home in the winter months and conversions take place at a higher rate. Is this true for anyone or am I wrong.

Thanks guys,

[zEn84]

Yeah I can see it, this summer hasn't been TOO bad, but it could be better. I am hoping for good ol winter boost this years income

[More Booze]

I'm doing ALOT better now than I did in the summer. I think most people do.

[fallenmuffin]

Yeah, but you can never really explain it..lol

However Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan are just around the corner... oh boy! bank bank bank

[AssPirate]

Porn appears to be a seasonal thing, like fruits and vegetables.

[free4porn]

Had a good summer so hoping an even better winter

[The Ghost]

Bump for a business thread.

It is often said from many programs and affiliates that summer is their slowest time. Then a few programs will say "Things have never been better", which may or may not be true, especially on the boards.

It would make sense that summer is the slowest time, because kids are at home more, vacations are planned, and more time is spent outside and away from the computer. The primary purchasers of adult products have less free time to enjoy it. I would expect gay sites would not experience such a slowdown, but responses from gay webmasters would be insightful on this.

There are more qualifications that have to be added to the question and the responses might vary by:

site (mega, niche, solo, etc)
type (straight, gay, bdsm, etc)
age and concept of sites (old site with a fad concept)
program tools (up to date tools for affilaites to use)
affiliate traffic (is traffic and/or conversions actually decreasing)

I might go even as far to add status of sites (updated regularly or in rotation), which would only be affected by afilliates that have a loyal and recurring traffic base. Presenting their same surfers with non changing content wouldn't be the best business decision.

So more information would be needed.

[Ramos]

Originally Posted by Big_D

I am wondering if other webmasters see increases and decreases in sales during points of the year such as the fall, winter, summber, and spring. I have an idea that more surfers sit at home in the winter months and conversions take place at a higher rate. Is this true for anyone or am I wrong.

Thanks guys,

change your location Pimp, you ain't in Connecticut no mo'