I guess I'm visible to Texas and Arizona!!

[musicyouneed]

Have you ever wondered why your buyers tend to be from certain areas/states of the country and the purchases are within the same hour.  In the last 2 days of the 5 CD's that were sold 2 are to Texas and 2 are to Arizona and 1 is to Hawaii.  I have never had any buyers from those states before and never 2 on the same day.   I sell about 700 CD's a year x 3 years, 2100 CD's total and never a sale to Texas or Arizona or Hawaii, I was begining to think they were not into music, at least they type of music I sell. 

Maybe just a coincidence, but it sure makes me wonder.  

[ricarmic]

Probably another of the wonders of Cassini.

It has been mentioned on threads quite a while ago, that there may be a regional factor, ie if the first person from an area (or country) buys something, it increases the visibility to others in the same locale.

I definitely notice "country" trends, one day it's all Canadians, the next it's all Americans, Aussies the next day.... things I've really noticed are when 2 people from Albania buy on the same day.....

As long as they're buying that's the important part!

[recped]

Wondered, sure but it was a very long time ago, long before Cassini, long before the internet even.

Often it's something called "word of mouth" as other times it's just something random which only stands out because your sample size is far too small to be statistically meaningful.

Since I also sell music, about 40,000 transactions on eBay (plus more off eBay and prior to eBay).......

I've only had 2 or 3 buyers in Hawaii, perhaps a dozen to AZ but quite a few to TX including numerous to border towns that were obviously destined for Mexico.

Music is a fragmented market with a ton of geographical irregularities. Some of the stuff I list I can often pick the state if not the city where it's most likely to sell or the country that I will more likely be shipping to.

I have one LP which I have quantity of, it sells 5 - 10 copies a year and has for the past 15 years, probably 50% have been sent to San Diego, some to the New York area and most of the rest to either France or Japan. The San Diego thing I actually know why, there was a guy on college radio there during the 80's & 90's that played it a lot, the genre itself has big followings in parts of California and New York and overseas in France & Japan.

[femmefan1946]

I sell a lot of sewing patterns to Texas.

[rosscd57]

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@recped wrote:

"Wondered, sure but it was a very long time ago, long before Cassini, long before the internet even.

Often it's something called "word of mouth" as other times it's just something random which only stands out because your sample size is far too small to be statistically meaningful."...............

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I think you are spot on. I have sold vintage radio to a town or city  in say California and with a week or two, I have a couple of more sales from a radius of 20 miles from the original sale. This happens somewhat regularly.