My sales are down. Anybody else?

Tsmash · Sep 25, 2012

Sales are really down in my niche. Unfortunately sales are down as a whole in my industry. I suppose it can be chalked up to the election considering September - December is usually the best time of the year for me. In 45 days I have went from $12k+ a month to only $6k. I know $6k still sounds like a lot but it's not when you just bought a new home, are still paying rent on an apartment, just got married and are having a baby.

Are sales down for you guys too? Otherwise it must just be industry specific.

Thanks guys!

ja1myn · Sep 25, 2012

Do you rely solely on search engine traffic (organic)?

WorkHardL0veLife · Sep 25, 2012

Well i guess it depends on your niche but sales have doubled for me in the dating niche this month.

mrankin · Sep 25, 2012

I've noticed a decrease in my proxy sales over the past 6 weeks, so not just you. Feels like it does at Christmas - things are definitely slow.

ja1myn · Sep 25, 2012

mrankin said:
I've noticed a decrease in my proxy sales over the past 6 weeks, so not just you. Feels like it does at Christmas - things are definitely slow.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Tsmash · Sep 25, 2012

ja1myn said:
Do you rely solely on search engine traffic (organic)?

I do not rely on search engine traffic whatsoever. My traffic (3,000+ UV's a day) has not changed at all; however my sales have cut in half. My brother and a few others that I know are in the same niche and it is a huge industry and we all seem to be suffering. I broker actual products and take a certain percentage so I'm not exactly an affiliate marketer although it is very very similar. None of the people nor companies that I broker for are able to move their inventory currently even though they use multiple outlets and brokers. Some of my associates that aren't quite as large scale as I am are going under left and right because they just aren't making any conversions. It's getting pretty rough.

ja1myn · Sep 25, 2012

Tsmash said:
I do not rely on search engine traffic whatsoever. My traffic (3,000+ UV's a day) has not changed at all; however my sales have cut in half. My brother and a few others that I know are in the same niche and it is a huge industry and we all seem to be suffering. I broker actual products and take a certain percentage so I'm not exactly an affiliate marketer although it is very very similar. None of the people nor companies that I broker for are able to move their inventory currently even though they use multiple outlets and brokers. Some of my associates that aren't quite as large scale as I am are going under left and right because they just aren't making any conversions. It's getting pretty rough.

I don't know what niche you're in, but have you been in this niche for a couple years? Are the numbers looking the same YoY? Seasonality is the only thing I can assume as I don't know the exact niche or what you do specifically.

ibmethatswhoib · Sep 25, 2012

Hard to know without a general idea of your niche.

TheViceroy · Sep 25, 2012

mrankin said:
I've noticed a decrease in my proxy sales over the past 6 weeks, so not just you. Feels like it does at Christmas - things are definitely slow.

My Hidemyass affiliate sales have sky rocketed in the past week. Its amazing. Things aren't slowing down for everyone.

sensitiveheart_4 · Sep 25, 2012

Dont stick to just 1 niche or industry

Always think about expanding and if your current niche has been milked to death. Try to find a new niche in which you can still make good money

I hope i helped

ethanmitchel · Sep 25, 2012

I hope things start looking up for you Tsmash, you're a great guy and the last time I checked up on you you said you had kind of monopoly for a product that was making you really good money. I will say a prayer in your name.

blueplanet · Sep 25, 2012

what's your niche buddy ?

ryannull · Sep 25, 2012

You can't put all your eggs in one basket. You have to target several niches, so when one suffers, others will pick up the slack.

I learned this the hard way back in 2006 when I was targeting real estate. In 2006 the real estate market crashed and I went from 30k+ per month to less than 2k per month. I took a major hit. So, I decided it was time to branch out into any niche I can.

Sticking to a single niche is financial suicide.

crazy_global · Sep 25, 2012

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MaverickonRoids · Sep 25, 2012

blueplanet said:
what's your niche buddy ?

I highly doubt he will share that info, which is understandable considering it's his livelihood.

ReALeST · Sep 25, 2012

may the good Lord/Allah be with u bro

hyundai.accent · Sep 25, 2012

it happens, as ryannull said

Frankhunters · Sep 25, 2012

sales go up and down, it depends on how quickly you react

change is everything!

Tsmash · Sep 25, 2012

ja1myn said:
I don't know what niche you're in, but have you been in this niche for a couple years? Are the numbers looking the same YoY? Seasonality is the only thing I can assume as I don't know the exact niche or what you do specifically.

I stated in the OP that this is usually the best time of the year for my industry.

ibmethatswhoib said:
Hard to know without a general idea of your niche.

What is hard to know? I know sales are down in my industry, I simply asked if they were down in others as well.

sensitiveheart_4 said:
Dont stick to just 1 niche or industry

Always think about expanding and if your current niche has been milked to death. Try to find a new niche in which you can still make good money

I hope i helped

I have other ways of making money, but this takes the majority of my time. You have to keep in mind that this is an actually business in a real industry. Not just little CPA and Affiliate marketing. This niche was around for over a hundred years before the internet existed and I seriously doubt it's going to be "milked to death".

ethanmitchel said:
I hope things start looking up for you Tsmash, you're a great guy and the last time I checked up on you you said you had kind of monopoly for a product that was making you really good money. I will say a prayer in your name.

Thanks a lot man. Yeah I was doing really well for a while because there was a product that I had complete access to that no one else did. Unfortunately that contract ran out a while back and the product then went industry wide.

blueplanet said:
what's your niche buddy ?

Yeah, right.

ferma231 · Sep 25, 2012

Look into big news, maybe that could be problem. Media could ruin bussiness

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