Ask HN: Has Coronavirus affected your online sales?

6 points by makeee 6y ago ↗ HN

I’d be curious to hear from online business owners if your sales have been affected and what kind of business you run. I’ve seen about a 30% dip in sales for my dev tool (divjoy.com)

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zapstar 6y ago ↗

I run a site [1] that aggregates Amazon prices for a select number of product categories, and I’ve seen more and more search engine traffic for toilet paper, which is sad to see, as they are currently all sold out. (Note: I listed toilet paper long before Coronavirus. I despise anyone trying to profit from this awful pandemic.)

[1] https://unitprice.org

seanwilson 6y ago ↗

I sell a paid Chrome extension that scans websites for SEO, speed and security issues: https://www.checkbot.io/

Traffic and sales are slightly up. Maybe businesses are going to focus more on optimising what they have over launching new sites.