HACKER Q&A
📣 makeee

Has Coronavirus affected your online sales?


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)


  👤 zapstar Accepted Answer ✓
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
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.