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Anecdotally, I run a website for a specific hobby that's monetized by Amazon affiliate program. I saw holiday season-like traffic and revenues in April (before
by puranjay 6y ago
Anecdotally, I run a website for a specific hobby that's monetized by Amazon affiliate program. I saw holiday season-like traffic and revenues in April (before Amazon cut the commission rate).
Was thr strangest thing because I had already assumed that my revenue from Amazon this year would be drastically lower. But so far, I'm up nearly 100% YoY
- munificent 6y agoMy father runs a Woodcraft franchise, and the past few months have been significantly better than average for him. Since people aren't spending much time and money on activities and dining out, they are investing some of that in hobbies they can do at home instead.
- Tiksi 6y agoTo add another data point, I got into hydroponics and indoor gardening since I was sitting at home all day, and I guess a lot of other people did too. Everything is sold out everywhere. Seeds, nutrients, even just potting soil is harder to come by. I tried to order some seed potatoes last week to try a hydroponic grow of them and almost every supplier is completely sold out. I found one seller that had 2/100 of their products in stock, but won't ship until mid-August.
- munificent 6y agoYeah. Another point: my wife fosters kittens for the local animal shelter and almost all of the shelters are just straight up out of adoptable animals. Everyone is getting pets now.
- krallja 6y agoI’m getting into electronics and microcontrollers for exactly that reason. Can’t go out, might as well do something painstaking, expensive, and pointless!