has anyone calculated their average CONVERSION RATIOS through the years...
 

and can share some data?

I know someone will immediately reply "ratios dont mean shit, its the $$$$ that counts" and i partially agree with it, but regarlesss of that , ratios can still be discussed and compared

i know that ratios depend on how they are counted, on the site promoted, on its saturation and most importantly on the traffic source, but I can imagine there are still some people who could say "in 2000 I averaged 1:250, in 2004 1:500 and in 2006 - 1:700" ( just an example )

so anyone?

If you share yours first, maybe others will contribute.

i am talking about guys who have been around longer than me, have more traffic and also pay attention to such things

for me it would be kinda worthless to compare f.e conversions of tgp traffic from 2003 sent to ARS with PPC SE sent now to Nasty Dollars

hmm... yeah.. but how are 1st page hits from 1999 really going to compare to 2nd or join page hits from 2005?

well some ppl track hits sent by their own...

or they use the same sponsor all the time and the sponsor may not change the way they track hits so then its easy to compare ratios

Honestly, it varies a lot for me.

Before I submitted a lot of galleries, the sites varied but it was something like 1:500 for one site (no longer online becasue of 2257 b.s. so I pulled it back when there was all the hub-bub). When I do not promote them (FHG) the ratios are something like 1:1000 I would guess (All sites are some theme of foot fetish). I have one site not foot fetish that's new, and I have not gotten around to promoting, but it's a micro niche I guess. It's converting at 1:300 in roll over traffic from the other sites in network. No TGP/FHG's promoting it. Just banner, or links on other sites.

When I do a ton of TGP submissions, and traffic goes through the roof, it's a bit higher. You get all the freeloaders rolling through. So the ratio's sqewd. You get more conversions, but traffic's off da hook.

Ratios DO mean something. It's all about conversions in this business. Alexa rankings, PR, traffic, all that jazz is nice, and needed. But.. conversions are what pay da bills. Followed by retention.

:thumbsup

last year 1:383 (jan 1, dec 31)
so far this year 1:443

I haven't got records of stats much older than that.. mostly SE traffic..

"ratios dont mean shit, its the ???? that counts"

not getting involved as as soon as i mention ratio's i get tons of shit

but anyway.......only been going six months and we are at 1:450 from all affiliates so far....
shit shit shit i did it

I don't have any hard numbers to show, but few years ago 1 in 100 or better was common, 1 in 200+ was considered a bad week, now a days with similar traffic it's common to get 1 in 300+...

I'm terrible that way. All I keep track of is income and expenses...and long as the net keeps getting bigger I'm happy.

I'd say the conversions stayed pretty much the same.

(But it does depend on traffic sources of course.)

ok, i forgot business threads dont get much attention here :|

I've been tracking mine since 2004... archives are available:

http://www.hoes.com/sponsors/

Here are links to full year 2004:
http://www.hoes.com/sponsors/2004.html

and 2005:
http://www.hoes.com/sponsors/2005.html

marc

thanks... :)

1:843 unique over 3 years over 40 sponsors

ps. thats everything from 404 traffic, to gallery traffic to se traffic.