April poor sales

[Northstar]

I'm seeing a huge drop in affiliate sales for April. It just seems like as soon as the month started people put there wallets away. Anyone else seeing this?

[DrChango]

I'm seeing a huge drop in affiliate sales for April. It just seems like as soon as the month started people put there wallets away. Anyone else seeing this?

We actually got pizza from our the project manager for our affiliate program because sales this month were way better than last month.

Do you think the drop you saw might have had something to do with tax season?

[nickbaer]

April =

* Passover
* Lent, Easter
* US Income Tax
* Snow melt, flooding, new warm weather, some severe weather
* College spring break
* American Idol finals
* 30 days

[derekt]

We have seen a drop in affiliate sales, however new memberships are at an almost all time high.
I do see a drop in some of our VOD Sales, but also a rise in other VOD sales. So it's kind of evened out.

Usually, the following months are slow:
April - everyone is rushing to get their taxes done.
December - Christmas Time
January - Those are recuperating funds from Christmas shopping.
July - It's the peak of summer, lots of vacation time.

Other months are good though.

[ContentDave]

Our content customers are reporting some of the best few months in years. I will go on record and say 2009 will look a lot like 1999 = $$$

People don't have the disposable income, and instead of going out to meet guys and spend $100, they'll stay home with some wine watching live guys on sites like MontrealBoysLive.com

[Ben]

April has been very disappointing. I hope sales will pick up soon.

[TwinkTime]

Even paying out 50% on signups and all subsequent re-bills, April turned out pretty slow for us.......
I hope it's just tax time and not the shape of the future.......

[DrChango]

maybe porn should be made illegal for six months, and then have the decision over-turned...when suddenly there is new porn available, it will be like a renaissance of smut.

probably couldn't pull it off, but think about the possibilities

[nickbaer]

April 2009 ended a few percent higher than April 2008.

[Rich]

i also agree that new things have to be done i have been trying some different niches to sell the past couple of weeks and so far it looks like it is working by me changing the normal websites i promote instead of twinks and latin men i am trying some mature and asian stuff right now and have already made 6 sales so far this month