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Blackfriday providers defrosting from last years sale..
allthemtings
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Many providers seem to remain inactive throughout the year, only to reappear and capitalize on the Black Friday hype on here. While some consider this forum to be toxic, what are the reasons, beyond the obvious traffic spike, that lead some hosts to avoid it for most of the year and only promote their services during Black Friday instead of regularly throughout the year?
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What i notice that there is also much more Activity on black friday.
There also is Users that are Just inactive until BF i even noticed and havent logged in for months lol
LE* in General seems to have more Traffic during BF seasons
Bf is the way to buy a properly priced services. Other days it is mainly overpriced garbage. So yes, 1 day in a year animals go shopping. And you better have stock…
This forum is often toxic.
After all, there have been so many scams over the years that I can understand certain reactions.
On the other hand, some behaviors are abusive and I can understand why providers stay away from it.
I visited this forum almost every day since I crated my account and I don't care about the Black Friday periods or the 4th July, if the offers comes, they come.
True...on the other hand, it gives people an opportunity to freely discuss many issues. However, I do agree it often becomes toxic. Especially, when the topic is non-server related. Do not think this is the main reason behind providers not being active here. This is their business after all.
Toxins drives bilou bucks up. This forum is alive only because of drama and a bit of purple toxic sludge.
You still get promos like post your invoice number and we double your bandwidth
Let's break this down a bit:
They are active. Many providers are actually active throughout the year, only they don't post that many offers because they can't just spam LET with offers. Keep in mind prices can not be as in Black Friday, because profits would be really low. Black Friday is an event.
Sometimes providers do organize giveaways, or "double something" threads for ordering. This is their own internal event.
True, they reappear on Black Friday because it is a special event. In fact, many online stores (outside LET) become highly popular during Black Friday for their offers.
The hype is generated by the community, so the providers can make the limited crazy offers for the community. Providers can refuse to participate; besides Thanksgiving is mostly celebrated in US. But for the love of community they create a few limited crazy offers.
The forum is not toxic, just the quality of it has dropped. Even Black Friday is an event where nowadays bots integrated in browser extensions capture the offers really fast by filling forms and ordering. Many abusers snatch the fine cheese. The offers are great and highly limited, but sadly some people have already quit in trying to order the insane offers, as it is quite sad to constantly see error messages about stock, immediately after offer was posted.
The traffic spike is a different story, because Black Friday thread is not bound to the rules of selling on LET, hence no provider tag is needed, hence providers not on LET can step into the craziness. Even offers from outside LET (from stores with no representative here) are advertised in that Black Friday thread by the members. Please bear in mind: providers who do not pay for LET's provider tag may not post outside special event threads, hence less offers throughout the year but way more during Black Friday.
This goes back to the problem with yearly bilohbucks fee for the provider tag, a reason for which some people left LET completely, or are still taking breaks from LET.
Some providers take advantage of the paid provider tag, others don't. It is their choice. But offers still come, even though offers are not crazy; providers need to eat too.
Which browser extensions does that?
i love the
@visualwebtechnologies
offers on BF
@naranjatech always wakes up on BF
i practice chess before BF in case @Advin decides to buy time.
who else wakes up?
@jar fights evil jar but comes back with flowers
i think @Cam also comes more in BF
i miss the virmach bot on BF
oky, enough of me
We have some nice deals coming shortly ahead of BF ideally.
i am ready.
There's a $200 fee if you want to post an offer throughout the year. There is a $0 fee for posting an offer on Black Friday. It's also more effort to make an offer thread, actively respond, and ensure that it's complaint with the rules than just posting a deal on a BF thread and letting it go.
@Advin , i didn't think about the fee/limits/response
u r right