{"id":1174,"date":"2008-12-05T07:43:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T18:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2019-02-14T14:57:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T22:57:40","slug":"cyber-monday-2008-second-biggest-online-spending-day-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/cyber-monday-2008-second-biggest-online-spending-day-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Monday 2008: Second Biggest Online Spending Day Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a December 3rd press release, Comscore resported that Cyber Monday saw $846 million in online spending. Although spending over the holiday season to date ($12.03 billion) is down by 2% from last year, Cyber Monday's online sales were up by a whopping 15% over 2007 sales. Take a look at the following screenshot where you'll note that the preceding weekend also saw a jump in online sales by 19% over last year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/images\/cyber-monday-sales-2008.gif\"  style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px\"  border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With online sales up marginally on Black Friday and significantly on Cyber Monday, analysts are still predicting a decline in the months to come. Considering that the job loss stats out today report 533,000 more jobs in the U.S. were lost in November &#8211; the biggest decline since 1974 &#8211; the outlook could look pretty grim.<\/p>\n<p>HOWEVER, that depends entirely on what you are selling. For example, this is probably not the best time to start a new jewelry site. Want to know what you <em>should<\/em> sell? Read <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/8-recession-proof-product-service-ideas-for-affiliates\/\">8 Recession-Proof Product &#038; Service Ideas for Affiliates<\/a>&#8230; and stay tuned for more great recession-proof niches and product ideas. Let's prove the analysts wrong!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a December 3rd press release, Comscore resported that Cyber Monday saw $846 million in online spending. Although spending over the holiday season to date ($12.03 billion) is down by 2% from last year, Cyber Monday&#8217;s online sales were up by a whopping 15% over 2007 sales. 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