To calculate retention you really need to figure out,

How many NEW sales in October 2006. 2 years ago. Then figure out the average months of recurring of JUST those October 2006 new sales. After 2 years it may be 2.5 months recurring average, and every month it may increase by .1 or .2, for those sales from October 2006. You cannot do a lump average with old and new traffic to calculate retention. You will spend years in the small time when you may have more retention than you thought and could afford to grow faster.


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You don't think I know how to calculate retention that way? I usually look at the first 3 months of members. How many members stay to the second month and how many members stay to the third. This is what I use to make adjustments to my site but I don't post those numbers.

I posted these stats as an average to show total sales and rebills in a certain period. It does also gives an idea of what the retention is since my sales have been steady.

I did not get as far as I did without knowing how numbers work.

I am spending years in the "small time" because I waste alot of money living extravagant instead of putting it into advertising my site. Which I guess could be seen as a mistake since my site has proven to be extremely profitable and I could be making alot more money now... but I would not do anything different the past few years. They have been great. Although, now I am going to be more conservative in my personal like and get back to business and really take advantage of this site I built.

Daaamn 100 sales per day (on your own) would be nice... I can't even get close.

Right now I only submit to mgp's and tgp's, buy a few submit passes, adwords, buy feeder traffic, built a few small mpgs/tgps.

Is there still money in freesites? Thats one thing i havent jumped into yet, but should... Are movie galleries / Picture galleries still the best way to feed your own paysite?

I guess i just need to buy more partner accounts and traffic. Cuz im converting at under 1:500 and about 40% of my members rebill into the second month.

I just need to build more traffic, but have been stuck at the same traffic levels the past few years :)

how many Unique Visitors is that out of?

Those are good numbers. I don't know what your site is but it seems like you got something you can work with. If it is profitable for you then go for it.

I know how it feels being stuck at the same traffic levels. At times I feel like I need a large cash boost to take my site to the next level. Just don't waste alot of cash on personal stuff like I did. Put as much as you can into your site if you see that it is profitable.

This business is hard to get funding because banks don't want to help and it is hard to find people willing to invest the kind of money to make it worth while. Sometimes just plain grunt work and patience is needed to grow.

congrats! good work :)

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That's the story of this forum anymore..

I will agree with you on the rev-share it's where a good portion of my income come from, you just have to pick the right sites to promote. Congrats on the sucess with your site.