I generally don't put a lot of faith in threads that generalize either negative or positive but sales have taken a really unusual and dramatic downturn in the last week or so. It's been weird enough that I'm curious what others are seeing. As I say, sales have slowed way down but traffic seems to be near normal. I even got a call from one of my suppliers asking if something was wrong that they should know about. They said that their sales had dropped off pretty dramatically from all of their retailers. Are others seeing this as well? Is it gas prices, the season or what?
Depends on what you are selling too, I would think. Entertainment media has tanked to the point that one of my sites has completely died. Offline is just as bad. My last book recently had a large number of returns of retailers and in speaking with my editor I found that I got off easy compared to other books. I, personally, am switching over to free ad supported content for the time being. Of course every market is different. Content in Japan is still selling like made and doing well, so who knows?