I HATE having to be patient... - GoFuckYourself.com

MikeSmoke · 08-15-2009, 04:35 PM

So I've spent the last month building a site (with a lot of help from one of the best designers you'll ever find on GFY, Harvey

) that I expect big things from.

Early this morning I did the hard launch - big push in my weekly mailer, posts on my boards, links added to my high traffic pages - and so far, *one* sale.

It's getting traffic, and I know things will be fine...and I know I have to give it time for people to poke around, get the feel for it and so on...but this is the part that I hate, the waiting

alias · 08-15-2009, 04:43 PM

Heh, what it it was 0. That would really piss you off.

MikeSmoke · 08-15-2009, 04:57 PM

lol...I'd only be marginally more pissed off than I am.
What's really bizarre is that while I was finishing everything off yesterday afternoon, before the hard launch, I had a sale from the *one* link I already had put up, in a spot that hardly everyone ever sees

DidierE · 08-15-2009, 05:03 PM

I hear ya...
August is really terrible in terms of sales. Been pushing a 3 months old website myself during the last 4 weeks. A lot a traffic from SE's yet, still only 2 sales

Depressing times, i'm telling you!

alias · 08-15-2009, 05:09 PM

Not sure if it is a paysite but, if you don't get a sale on those you'd have to test it with your own card. Kinda hurting.

MikeSmoke · 08-15-2009, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alias

Not sure if it is a paysite but, if you don't get a sale on those you'd have to test it with your own card. Kinda hurting.

Nope, not a paysite, and pushing it to all of my own traffic; they're still buying all my other stuff, just aren't biting on this one yet. So far, I'm chalking it up to them watching the free previews first lol.

alias · 08-15-2009, 06:28 PM

Well hope it comes around soon for ya.

CaptainHowdy · 08-15-2009, 07:08 PM

Xanax ? j/k!

alias · 08-15-2009, 07:09 PM

Valium for me.

MikeSmoke · 08-15-2009, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

Xanax ? j/k!

Don't know about the j/k part - I worked on the finishing touches and promotion all night (so that it would all be sparkly-new when people woke up - then as I was going to bed at 5am, the baby woke up, so I didn't get to sleep until after 7am. So Xanax did me just fine

Twig · 08-15-2009, 08:37 PM

Good luck! Hope it picks up!

SilentKnight · 08-15-2009, 10:12 PM

Persevere...and wait for the momentum.

Over the past ten years the trend we've noticed is sales pick up in Sept. once the horny college kids are back in their dorms surfin' for smut.

Elli · 08-15-2009, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

Persevere...and wait for the momentum.

Over the past ten years the trend we've noticed is sales pick up in Sept. once the horny college kids are back in their dorms surfin' for smut.

And the kids go back to school so dad can use the home pc again

MikeSmoke · 08-15-2009, 11:27 PM

Thanks for the reassurances - but this is a site that primarily depends on my existing traffic, through my own network. They've been spending their usual money today on all my other stuff; they just haven't bit on this site - which is what has me baffled. Usually when I offer something new, everything else takes a dip because they're trying out the new site - but this time, it's like a tree fell in a forest with no one to hear it

08-15-2009, 04:35 PM	#1
MikeSmoke Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,233	I HATE having to be patient... So I've spent the last month building a site (with a lot of help from one of the best designers you'll ever find on GFY, Harvey ) that I expect big things from. Early this morning I did the hard launch - big push in my weekly mailer, posts on my boards, links added to my high traffic pages - and so far, one sale. It's getting traffic, and I know things will be fine...and I know I have to give it time for people to poke around, get the feel for it and so on...but this is the part that I hate, the waiting __________________ icq: 541-739-92

08-15-2009, 04:43 PM	#2
alias aliasx Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 19,010	Heh, what it it was 0. That would really piss you off. __________________ https://porncorporation.com

08-15-2009, 04:57 PM	#3
MikeSmoke Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,233	lol...I'd only be marginally more pissed off than I am. What's really bizarre is that while I was finishing everything off yesterday afternoon, before the hard launch, I had a sale from the one link I already had put up, in a spot that hardly everyone ever sees __________________ icq: 541-739-92

08-15-2009, 05:09 PM	#5
alias aliasx Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 19,010	Not sure if it is a paysite but, if you don't get a sale on those you'd have to test it with your own card. Kinda hurting. __________________ https://porncorporation.com

08-15-2009, 06:28 PM	#7
alias aliasx Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 19,010	Well hope it comes around soon for ya. __________________ https://porncorporation.com

08-15-2009, 05:03 PM	#4
DidierE Confirmed User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 380	I hear ya... August is really terrible in terms of sales. Been pushing a 3 months old website myself during the last 4 weeks. A lot a traffic from SE's yet, still only 2 sales Depressing times, i'm telling you!

08-15-2009, 07:08 PM	#8
CaptainHowdy Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Happy in the dark. Posts: 93,571	Xanax ? j/k!

08-15-2009, 07:09 PM	#9
alias aliasx Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 19,010	Valium for me. __________________ https://porncorporation.com

08-15-2009, 08:37 PM	#11
Twig Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ICQ - 703894 Posts: 1,949	Good luck! Hope it picks up! __________________

08-15-2009, 10:12 PM	#12
SilentKnight Megan Fox's fluffer Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: shooting pool in Elysium Posts: 24,818	Persevere...and wait for the momentum. Over the past ten years the trend we've noticed is sales pick up in Sept. once the horny college kids are back in their dorms surfin' for smut.

08-15-2009, 11:27 PM	#14
MikeSmoke Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,233	Thanks for the reassurances - but this is a site that primarily depends on my existing traffic, through my own network. They've been spending their usual money today on all my other stuff; they just haven't bit on this site - which is what has me baffled. Usually when I offer something new, everything else takes a dip because they're trying out the new site - but this time, it's like a tree fell in a forest with no one to hear it __________________ icq: 541-739-92