Economy to blame for crappy sales lately? - GoFuckYourself.com

My GTZ · 10-22-2002, 08:09 PM

What are your thoughts as to why sales have been so bad lately. I don't see it getting any better. Anyone have some input on this topic?

Thanks.

mastamindz · 10-22-2002, 08:11 PM

<joke>
Your crappy sites are to blame for crappy sales.
</joke>

My GTZ · 10-22-2002, 08:11 PM

You bastard that is not a response worth posting...

mastamindz · 10-22-2002, 08:12 PM

my <.joke> <./joke> didnt show up

foe · 10-22-2002, 09:21 PM

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Originally posted by mastamindz
my <.joke> <./joke> didnt show up

pimplink · 10-22-2002, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by My GTZ
What are your thoughts as to why sales have been so bad lately. I don't see it getting any better. Anyone have some input on this topic?

Thanks.

I'd love to help you analyze this issue but you haven't given us enough info.

Are you a paysite owner or free site operator?

If free site, do you TGP? LL? AVS? Do you use an AVS with a content network/free hosting? How often do you change your marketing?

What niche?

If you're a paysite owner, how do you market? what niche? is the content exclusive?

Need more info before we can approach the general economy issue....if ever.

Candyman69 · 10-22-2002, 09:24 PM

um yeh speak for urself,

if u have crappy sales , then fix it

Apollo · 10-22-2002, 09:25 PM

Personally I think it's a mixture of the economy, threat of war (which drives down the economy as well and people don't spend as friviously) as well as the pending Visa changes.

I'm 99% certain many processors have added more scrubbing to their databases to reduce chargeback ratios so visa doesn't start shutting down all their merchants. It's going to be a bumpy ride for a while.

pimplink · 10-22-2002, 09:27 PM

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Originally posted by Apollo
Personally I think it's a mixture of the economy, threat of war (which drives down the economy as well and people don't spend as friviously) as well as the pending Visa changes.

I'm 99% certain many processors have added more scrubbing to their databases to reduce chargeback ratios so visa doesn't start shutting down all their merchants. It's going to be a bumpy ride for a while.

Even with all those factors, if a webmaster has the technical issues covered by the questions I asked above, the bottomline income shouldn't dip too hard....or even at all!

andrew1009 · 10-22-2002, 09:38 PM

I too have noticed the tighter scrubbing. I tested my cc on Ibill and it wouldn't go though. Worked on a ccbill site though. As for sales goes, I'm at an all time high!

Apollo · 10-22-2002, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by pimplink

Even with all those factors, if a webmaster has the technical issues covered by the questions I asked above, the bottomline income shouldn't dip too hard....or even at all!

I agree, it's not like things have bottomed out...but it's like summer started late this year =) I have a great Jun-Sep but Oct gave me about a 15% drop in sales so far...damage control is slowly fixing that though =)

My GTZ · 10-22-2002, 10:16 PM

I do about 75% TGP and 20% AVS traffic. Of course the other 5% is SE traffic. I mainly use ARS and SIC for sponsors.

m0rph3us · 10-22-2002, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by My GTZ
I mainly use ARS

redshift · 10-22-2002, 10:22 PM

i've never been able to sell ARS with reasonable success

10-22-2002, 08:09 PM	#1
My GTZ Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 604	Economy to blame for crappy sales lately? What are your thoughts as to why sales have been so bad lately. I don't see it getting any better. Anyone have some input on this topic? Thanks.

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10-22-2002, 09:25 PM	#8
Apollo Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 433	Personally I think it's a mixture of the economy, threat of war (which drives down the economy as well and people don't spend as friviously) as well as the pending Visa changes. I'm 99% certain many processors have added more scrubbing to their databases to reduce chargeback ratios so visa doesn't start shutting down all their merchants. It's going to be a bumpy ride for a while. __________________ ----------- Free automated way to rotate sponsor gallery thumbnails on your sites TgpWizards - Free TGP Gallery submission system

10-22-2002, 09:38 PM	#10
andrew1009 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 801	I too have noticed the tighter scrubbing. I tested my cc on Ibill and it wouldn't go though. Worked on a ccbill site though. As for sales goes, I'm at an all time high!

10-22-2002, 10:16 PM	#12
My GTZ Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 604	I do about 75% TGP and 20% AVS traffic. Of course the other 5% is SE traffic. I mainly use ARS and SIC for sponsors.

10-22-2002, 10:22 PM	#14
redshift Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: anus fuckin' yo mama Posts: 1,044	i've never been able to sell ARS with reasonable success