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2015 Hackforums Marketplace Statistics - Who Soup - Nov 22, 2016
Hey guys, I just wanted to share some interesting facts I've found while selling a lot of items here on HF. All facts shared were obtained through my own sales and the hopes of this thread is to hopefully boost sales for everyone. And as a note this data is complied from 2014 - 2015 as that is where I was most active on sales.
- Most sales occur in the middle of the week
- Most people who buy products/services on HF have an offline source of income
- If it's not successful in the first 3 days it's probably not going to work out
- People prefer unique products/services opposed to "improvements" on previously existing products.
- It is definitely possible to make a living from sales just from HF alone.
- The average age of people who purchased items were 19
- Premium sellers section targets mostly ubers
- Secondary sellers section mainly targets Regular members and Leet
- Paypal was actually relatively safe to use as a payment processor
- Most people preferred Paypal opposed to bitcoin
- People are willing to drop a lot of money; the largest single transaction I have done on here was $720
- About 50% of sales were outside of the US (I sold physical products)
- More sales were obtained while displaying "Uber" other than a custom userbar.
- All members regardless of upgrades had a similar scam ratio.
I encourage all to get involved in the marketplace, It's a really good way to earn extra money and to learn how to start a business from nothing and watch it develop into something that is thriving.
* - Bennynguyen100 - Nov 22, 2016
Thanks for this! This is pretty useful. :) Good tips.
* - Backopy - Nov 22, 2016
Great and informative post, thanks Who Soup
* - minimalist - Nov 22, 2016
I think this share would be more useful if you included the dataset from which you came to these conclusions.
* - Prophett - Nov 22, 2016
Such a great post. Thanks for the share and encouragement.
I'm currently working on my account and seeking projects before I enter the marketplace.
* - J. McCarthy - Nov 22, 2016
From experience in digital goods I saw similarities but a lot of them, for me, were complete opposite. Interesting but really just comes down to your target market
* - reBELLYus - Nov 22, 2016
Is this from your view of point or are there stats to back up the above?
* - Who Soup - Nov 22, 2016
(Nov 22, 2016 04:23 PM)Minimalist Wrote: I think this share would be more useful if you included the dataset from which you came to these conclusions.
I can't give you all the cheat codes 🎉
(Nov 22, 2016 05:19 PM)reBELLYus Wrote: Is this from your view of point or are there stats to back up the above?
All of these statistics were gathered through previous sales data. It does break down a lot more but I think this is good for now. I might try to ask people who sell things in the marketplace to keep me updated on their sales in return everyone who contributes will get in depth market analysis.
* - PromᎥnent - Nov 22, 2016
Interesting statistics. Thank you for taking the time to compile them.