WinCustomize: July breaks all time traffic record
Friday, August 1, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Summer is usually a slower month for websites but in WinCustomize's case, it saw its traffic increase significantly. Breaking June's record by over 100,000 new unique visitors, WinCustomize received 1.49 MILLION unique visitors last month.
Here are some of the websites that sent referrals to WinCustomize (big thanks to all of them):
Stardock (around half the referrals)
deviantART
Snoopsoft
Deskmod
TweakXP
Litestep.com
LightStar1.com
Neowin.net
Skinbase.org
Dailyrotation.org
DesignTechnika.com
and many others.
Operating System Usage:
Windows 2000/XP: 87%
Windows 98/ME: 10%
Other: 3%
Screen Sresolution:
1024x768: 51%
1280x1024: 17%
800x600: 16%
Browsers:
Internet ExplorerL 89%
Netscape/Mozilla: 6%
The "Community":
Number of unique people who visited morethan 4 times per day: 29,651.
Number of unique people who visited 2 or 3 times per day: 25,624.
Percentage of these people who bought a WinCustomize subscription: <1%. 
Bandwidth Used: ~7.7 TERRABYTES.
fivesballs
Reply #2 Friday, August 1, 2003 5:42 PM
Reply #2 Friday, August 1, 2003 5:42 PM
I'm seriously shocked at the 1% percent thing that's all i can say ... unbelievable >
jcg
Reply #3 Friday, August 1, 2003 5:45 PM
Reply #3 Friday, August 1, 2003 5:45 PM
There are still a huge number of people who think the internet and everything on it should be free. I am not shocked but I am bothered. 
jim jones
Reply #4 Friday, August 1, 2003 6:19 PM
Reply #4 Friday, August 1, 2003 6:19 PM
i want purchase WB and desktopX and maybe something else. i was going to subscribe but honestly i was slightly confused by the subscription agreement. i probably should mail frogboy but i'll ask here real quick.
i know i can purchase object desktop as a package and that gives me access to everything for 1 year. after that year do i no longer get updates? ie, if i get v2 and after year 1 v2.5 comes out i have to use v2 unless i want to pay for a second year subscription which entitled me to upgrades that year.
my other dilemma was trying to decide if i wanted to pay once and get just WB since that's what i use or should i pay $50 for the subscription and probably won't use everything else. trying to decide the best package for me is what was making it tough for me to decide and purchase.
i think a lot of hard work is put into the applications and i really enjoy WB but i consider most of them to be play things and not "essential." having fish swim around, fish tank seaweed move, spiders crawl on my desktop and cool min/max features are fun but it's not something that i say to myself that i HAVE to have. for the money it certainly seems like a fair price and i have no issue paying it but i just want to make sure i understand what i am paying for and what is best suited for me.
bottom line is that it's excellent software produced by someone who really cares about their work and i appreciate that bigtime and want to support it.
i know i can purchase object desktop as a package and that gives me access to everything for 1 year. after that year do i no longer get updates? ie, if i get v2 and after year 1 v2.5 comes out i have to use v2 unless i want to pay for a second year subscription which entitled me to upgrades that year.
my other dilemma was trying to decide if i wanted to pay once and get just WB since that's what i use or should i pay $50 for the subscription and probably won't use everything else. trying to decide the best package for me is what was making it tough for me to decide and purchase.
i think a lot of hard work is put into the applications and i really enjoy WB but i consider most of them to be play things and not "essential." having fish swim around, fish tank seaweed move, spiders crawl on my desktop and cool min/max features are fun but it's not something that i say to myself that i HAVE to have. for the money it certainly seems like a fair price and i have no issue paying it but i just want to make sure i understand what i am paying for and what is best suited for me.
bottom line is that it's excellent software produced by someone who really cares about their work and i appreciate that bigtime and want to support it.
Wet Monkey
Reply #6 Friday, August 1, 2003 6:31 PM
Reply #6 Friday, August 1, 2003 6:31 PM
I wonder how many Object Desktop subscriptions there are out there and how that factors into the 1%? Wincustomize is hands down my favorite skin site and I am a regular (2-3 times a day) browser. Sometimes a submitter too!
yossell
Reply #7 Friday, August 1, 2003 6:51 PM
Reply #7 Friday, August 1, 2003 6:51 PM
I don't subscribe to wincustomize so fall into that 99% but I do subscribe to Object Desktop (which p.s. I love).
I thought I was a good guy but now fear I've been a villain...moral guidance and pastoral care from anyone who knows more about such nettiquette would thus be much appreciated...
I thought I was a good guy but now fear I've been a villain...moral guidance and pastoral care from anyone who knows more about such nettiquette would thus be much appreciated...
Grfx Guru
Reply #8 Friday, August 1, 2003 6:55 PM
Reply #8 Friday, August 1, 2003 6:55 PM
Jim Jones............originally I subscribed just for Windowblinds (was about 3 years ago I'm guessing), then I upgraded to Object Desktop.
Personally, I'd say just get Object Desktop and be done with it, I don't really use WindowBlinds much now at all due to some issues with programs and their interfaces, but I sure do use many of the other tools you'll find on the OD network.......worth every penny in my opinion.
Regards,
Peter Witham aka GrfxGuru
Personally, I'd say just get Object Desktop and be done with it, I don't really use WindowBlinds much now at all due to some issues with programs and their interfaces, but I sure do use many of the other tools you'll find on the OD network.......worth every penny in my opinion.
Regards,
Peter Witham aka GrfxGuru
docx
Reply #9 Friday, August 1, 2003 7:08 PM
Reply #9 Friday, August 1, 2003 7:08 PM
I wasnt aware you were getting that kind of info from my computer every time i come here. I hope thats all your getting...Dont get me wrong. i prob visit this site 3 times a day easy and like it very much.
Frogboy
Reply #10 Friday, August 1, 2003 8:42 PM
Reply #10 Friday, August 1, 2003 8:42 PM
That's the standard web log stuff. Every site gets that info.
GreenReaper
Reply #11 Friday, August 1, 2003 11:43 PM
Reply #11 Friday, August 1, 2003 11:43 PM
That's exactly what you get: One year of updates and after that year you have to renew (for less: $35) or you don't get any more updates, just keep the stuff you have. But be aware that it's quite likely that WindowBlinds will be updated quite a bit, and if it goes up to another major version number, Object Desktop subscribers will get it for free if it's in their subscription time, but registered users are liable to an upgrade feew (historically $10). So you could get WB now, or you could get OD now, or you could get WindowBlinds now, and then upgrade to OD later if you decide you want to for only $35.
DavidK
Reply #12 Saturday, August 2, 2003 2:32 AM
Reply #12 Saturday, August 2, 2003 2:32 AM
Bandwidth Used: ~7.7 TERRABYTES
wow - sounds like the kind of bandwidth you'd expect a NASA Mars mission to need...
wow - sounds like the kind of bandwidth you'd expect a NASA Mars mission to need...
feline
Reply #14 Saturday, August 2, 2003 9:45 AM
Reply #14 Saturday, August 2, 2003 9:45 AM
feline simply looks in awe at the bandwidth numbers 
Styl-X Design
Reply #16 Sunday, August 3, 2003 7:39 PM
Reply #16 Sunday, August 3, 2003 7:39 PM
the bandwidth is MUCH indeed, as I run my own site now, I have it online for just a week, it has transfered 100 mb, and I dont have any downloadable files on that server. hehe, and I was scared that MY provider would become angy at me... 
Drop125
Reply #17 Monday, August 4, 2003 10:31 PM
Reply #17 Monday, August 4, 2003 10:31 PM
Loud Clanking sound as my jaw hit ground..7.7 terra .Thats like something outa star trek..You know when some one screams out some obnouxioius claim like a Jiggawatt of power to time travel!!.??Isnt that like bigger than the Library Of Congress???
Drop125
Reply #18 Monday, August 4, 2003 10:35 PM
Reply #18 Monday, August 4, 2003 10:35 PM
You know..I visit here but I dont Download anymore..I pretty much only use the Premium Suites now..and all the Windowblinds I did have I dont use anymore..Although I would like to see better Object Dock themes..I would pay good money for Sweet themes to Go with all my Carbonix WBs and Abracdabras is Sweet so Is the Solara Object Dock...
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Reply #1 Friday, August 1, 2003 5:30 PM
These stats are great to see who is using what to see where the majority is in the community.