To those who believe in the "summer slowdown"
 

Please stfu nigga.

Every year i have to read the same blah blah. 1 person says the summer slowdown has started and posts 1:6000 ratios, the next person is even hit more by the summer slowdown and posts 1:10.000 ratios.

Now for once try to let both your braincells work! Wtf does a ratio have to do with the summer? Youre excuses always are that is too hot inside, people go outside, people are with the family, etc. But according to your own damn ratios 10.000 people just surfed your frigging website, didnt they? So what are you telling me, they indeed do stay indoors to surf a site but its too hot to sign up?

1:10.000 is NOT a summer slowdown. Now stop fucking saying that or i'll kill you.

good points :thumbsup

the summer slowdown may exist. you just can't prove that with 1:10000 ratios

Theres one simple way to prove it. Is your traffic going down? If not that stfu about it.

there is no summer slowdown.

"Summer Slowdown Revisited


I mention this every year at this time and this year is no different.

Back in 96, I think...we went to our first little webmaster get together. It was in Montreal and my wife and I met some of the first people in this business. We had this get together during the Memorial Day weekend. There was a man there who I still feel has a better feel for this business than anyone I know. He told me that when I got back home and checked my stats, I would notice that my stats were cut by almost half. At the time, I thought, this guy has no idea what the hell he is talking about.

When I went home on Tuesday, sure enough, my income was cut by almost half.

Now, there are going to be a lot of sponsors out there that will say there is no summer slowdown here. What I say to them is Bullshit.

Think about it...
First, Colleges and Universities are now closed so the guys with Daddy's new Credit Card are no longer surfing around for porn.
Second, with the better weather coming, more and more people are spending time outside. They are enjoying their pools, beaches, motorcycles and just life outside in general.
Third, people in the summer, just have better places to spend their money.

So, I am here to tell you that the summer slowdown is not a myth. It is as real as it gets.

But, there are things that can be done about it...
You are going to need to send more traffic and get used to your ratios not being as good as they have been these past few months. You are going to need to build more sites, more galleries and work for traffic as hard as you possibly can. While the surfers are enjoying your summer, you need to work harder than ever to keep your income the same as it has been.

I am going into my 8th summer in this business and have not seen one where traffic and signups didn't drop.

Just be prepared for it and work harder and you will be fine. Conversely, with all this new work and new sites and TGPs, after the summer is over, you will make more money than ever.

It's just the way it works and there is no way around it. The summer hurts our business. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't.

Have a Good Day
Greenguy and Jim"
Source: their newsletter

urban legend

Maybe the fact that those 14 year old kiddes that all of a sudden find themselves online instead if in school. Oh and last time i checked, they have no C Cards...hence the elevated ratios :winkwink:

Traffic increases, sales drop! Summer slowdown is real...fuck is it ever

I think there are 2 sides to this issue.

Sponsors use the summer slow down to increase shaving...and there is a real summer slow down.

If you think that there aren't less people at home at this time and not out on vacaction etc then you are kidding yourself.

I experienced it in years before porn selling on eBay...what I noticed were big pick ups in traffic and bids right around September through November and then from january until about April.

In summer all kids go online? :eek7

Ok chuck..not all..gees.

Ita a proven fact the most north american kids are too fat and dont get out enough. If they are not playing Video games, they are on line. They sure as hell aint goin out to play some sport.

Speaking about getting out..I got some gardening to do..as for the rest of you, its sunday get the fuck out side...lol

peace

Every other segment of retail has a summer slowdown and you want to say we don't have one? BS. Look at vacation stats. People are running all over the place for 3 months and have less time to buy porn. It is simple math. I notice it the most in the week before school and first week school lets out. The kids are active and the parents are not used to the new schedule so less time on the net.

The same with hoidays. Anyone having a piss poor monring? DUH the kids are all over the dads right now.

people tend to spend less $$$ on porn in the summer as they are gearing up for family vacations....etc.......

There is a summer slowdown virginia.....and we are in it.

you mean sponsors really shave?

The point is that if you are going on vacation in a certain month, you are not going to sign up for a 1 month membership or let a trial convert. A very high percentage of people go on vacation in those 3 top summer months so overall revenue does go down.

Doesn't really have much do to with traffic. It's not like everybody is going on vacation at once.

lol ...

Summer slowdown is real . Traffic goes down of about 30 % ... Never really seen something wrong with conversions ...

But all i know is that in summer my tgps were going down to 300k a day and during the september long weekend it was going up like 400-450k and staying like that ... did that for 3 years straight (on many of my sites) so I really think it exists .

30 % less traffic = less money


On top of that, if you are taking a month of vacation with your family, will you signup to the site ?

Exactly what I was saying in my previous post . Traffic DO go down .

Ok I will make sure not to promote you ... if a paysite owner dont notice a drop in signups during summer ... then there is a real problem with stats checking

I know a lot of people who prefer to stay indoors in the air conditioning when summer rolls around. I know I do.

fuck the sun and the heat.

Nothing has changed for me..........and nothing changed in the summers before this summer

Just like with all business, some might slow down in the summer but you can be sure there are other businesses picking it up.

It all depends on what you are selling, etc.

That's great and there will always be exceptions to the rule in both cases.

However as has been stated on this thread it's something a lot of biz's experience and to say that this industry won't is to quote Mike Tyson "Ludicrith."

Buttus is right....... the summer slow down is seen by the drop in traffic not the SU ratios...

traffic is up for me this month.

For us business does drop off alittle during the summer months but then it picks right back up. This year is the latest slowdown we have ever had didnt start until june. Usually it peaks in Jan feb and there is a slight decline starting after that. I am talking about a 10 to 15% drop off in business nothing to worry about.

:thumbsup

people are always looking for excuses on why they arent getting signups. the only summer slowdown that might exist is when they dont work because its summer and its too nice out.

School is just over now ... give it a week or two :)

The last period was the best EVER for PureCash. Not only in total signups, but also in conversions.

My spin on things is there is not necessarily a summer slowdown, but a fall/winter boom.

Back in the day we would all wait for Chrsitmas, knowing that hundreds of thousands of people would get a computer and online - and of course the first they would do online would be look for porn!!

God I hate stubborn people ...

EVERY business except TOURISM and food have a big summer slow down ... its a FACT .

Do you buy a month of porn for 39.99 when you are out for 2 weeks ? I dont think so

:thumbsup

We're seeing more scrubbing, which has caused our ratios to drop somewhat.

We're too new of a program to attribute any drops to summer slowdown. Smaller and mid-sized programs generally won't see a noticeable difference, but the larger progrms will.

A lot of programs will come out and say "we're having our best month ever" so as to not scare off affiliates. We're having our best month this month, but that's mainly because we've been around long enough now we're seeing the rebills come in nicely and we're getting more affiliates pushing us.

Now I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes I swear, it's the truth, and I owe it all to you.
Cause I've had the time of my life
And I owe it all to you.

I've been waiting for so long
Now I finally found someone to stand by me
We saw the writing on the wall as we felt this magical fantasy.
Now with passion in our eyes
There's no way we could disguise it secretly
So we take each others hand 'cause we seem to understand the urgency
Just remember

You're the one thing I can't get enough of
So I'll tell you something
This could be love

Because I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes I swear, it's the truth, and I owe it all to you.
Hey babe

With my body and soul
I want you more than you'll ever know
So we'll just let it go, don't be afraid
To lose control
Yes I know what's on your mind when you say
"Stay with me tonight", stay with me
Just remember

You're the one thing I can't get enough of
So I'll tell you something
This could be love

Because I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes I swear, it's the truth, and I owe it all to you.
Cause I've had the time of my life
And I owe it all to you.
Because I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes I swear, it's the truth, and I owe it all to you.
Because I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes I swear, it's the truth, and I owe it all to you.
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Can not some of this slowdown be attributed to the webmasters themselves. They take vacations, hit events, go party and basicly do less promo work.

I BELIEVE

Good point

They may be surfing someones site but they may not buy anything. doesnt mean its slow or normal, thats the way every site runs for every 10-1000 or 10,000 or whatever number, there is a sale waiting to be made..:2 cents: