SwirlsGirl

Greetings friends,

I will let the stats talk and you decide for yourself how impressive they are.

2004 -cumulative join form submission percentage - 30%
2005 -cumulative join form submission percentage - 30%
2006 -cumulative join form submission percentage - 30%
2007 -cumulative join form submission percentage - 30%
2008 -cumulative join form submission percentage - 30%
2009 N/A (inconclusive)
2010 -cumulative join form submission percentage - 15%-20%

from 2004-2008 no deviation from that magical 30% join form submission percentage

Now what should astonish you the similiarly situated webmaster is this...

in 2005 we had doubled the traffic we had in 2004
in 2006 we had tripled the traffic from 2004,had almost 100 affiliates sending traffic
in 2007 website redesign upgrade to HD camera, and hit our highest traffic peak of all time
in 2008 added a few extra billing options for surfers

Also like the rest of you, we have tried FHG's, we have submitted galleries, we have purchased ad spots, we have done link trades, everything possible to increase our bottom line...

We also tried getting a merchant account to process membership subscriptions, and were told repeatedly you need to get your volume up to 30k-50K in ccbill processing a month.

Well isn't it "special" to know that no matter how much the traffic was doubled or tripled, no matter the quality of updates,
no matter the frequency of the updates,
no matter the amount of billing options,
no matter the amount of affiliates sending traffic
no matter how new or explosive the niche was,
no matter how good or bad the economy was....

Don't you find it "consistent" and impressive to show a cumulative total of 30% join form submissions for 4-5 years? Isn't that astounding?!?!

I mean you would think that one year you might get 37% cumulative,

Hell maybe one year you might show 45% join form submission, you know some kind of deviation from 30% cumulative per year.

This consistent 30% join form submission percentage statistical anomaly gets VERY INTERESTING when....

- when one considers the many many documented complaints about Join form submission percentages showing ridiculous swings....monday 75% join form submissions, then tuesday 0%-1% join form submission, then wednesday back up to 60%

-when one considers the many many posts from webmasters who co sign and say no matter how much work they put in by increasing traffic, increasing content, tweaking tours, it seems as if there is a "fixed" number of joins one can expect per week.

-when one also considers my favorite anomaly and that is when ccbill join form submissions drop to 1% or 0% and on the same day your back up processors all get a flurry of sales when normally they are flat!