@CreativeLeahG I had triple the amount of linkovers 7th, 8th and 9th (not triple the sales though 
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Yes, I had an increase in linkovers as well on the 7th, 8th and 9th.
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yes ma’am, I did … 
289 linkovers for August 9 (which is my 3rd highest for linkovers)
623 linkovers for August 8 (that’s a personal record high).
(sales on August 8 were so-so but sales on August 9 were very good).
also saw a spike on linkovers for July 23 … 592 linkovers.
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It’s odd isn’t it!! I wish we knew what created these ‘surges’ in traffic!!
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Well done!!
I did a few referrals on the 9th, but then it went ‘unusually quiet’.
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Probably bots indexing the listings. Bots from Pinterest etc.
I don’t think these referral linkovers are botified. If @Scott could confirm please?
@CreativeLeahG thanks, Leah!
me, too! it went quiet for me on the 10th and 11th. sales started picking up again on the 12th and 13th (ironically since the weekends are quiet for me (as they are for you!))
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I never look at my Link-Overs because I do little to no promoting and when I do it’s in spurts, posting the same thing(s) to Pinterest and Facebook and then going months without sharing anything else. So my Link-Overs are abysmally low, like we’re talking mostly single digits here. Except on the 12th they spiked up to 45 for unknown reason. Except wait, I think I have figured the reason - on the 12th I made this forum post which included a link to a CYO product that included my ref ID since I just copied the share code. I had to go back 25 pages on my Link Over History to find other unusual spikes but I bet if I tried to cross-ref things, those spike dates would match with dates I posted a link to something in the forums that happened to include my ref ID. So my thinking is that while a link from the forums won’t earn you a cookied referral, it does get included in your Link-Over History.
So on the dates you guys are seeing spikes, did you happen to post something to the forums for a Mod to check out and therefore maybe lots of other readers clicked the link too?
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where are your buyers came from? United States only? or are there buyers outside united states?
That’s very interesting and shows you, a quick share here and there could be very valuable to you! I share every single item.
I haven’t shared anything to forum in a while and don’t usually include referral links when I do.
It’s just weird how collectively many us get these spikes on the same days so I think it’s less about what we are doing and something else.
It could be the result of customers having days when they’re busier on social media than usual.
It would be helpful to know if bots are involved but as they’re referral link specific I don’t see how. But I’m not overly familiar with bot behavior.
I did see more referrals on spikezilla days!
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This is interesting you mention the quiet weekends because there are optimal times to post content which I shared on Instagram. I’ll find that post because it does make a difference to views!
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“So on the dates you guys are seeing spikes, did you happen to post something to the forums for a Mod to check out and therefore maybe lots of other readers clicked the link too?”
No @ColsCreations I hadn’t promoted anything on any of my social media accounts nor here on the forums from the 7th - 9th and the increase was still there.
Not in my case either. I wish we knew what it was!
Come-on Zazzle, give us some insight!! 😄
I saw the increase from the 6th through the 9th. Interesting little blips but I haven’t figured out it was anything I did.
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Me too. Was the moon in the right position?
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yes, me too, 7th-9th.
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I recall that you mentioned optimal times on your website … so, taking that advice to heart, I’ve prescheduled a number of Pinterest tweets for this week with that in mind!
I’ve noticed that when I don’t post to Pinterest regularly (i.e. every day), my linkovers will take a dive to double digits. Since I’ve been posting regularly for the past 10-12 days, I’ve managed to keep my daily linkovers in the triple-digit range.
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almost overwhelmingly U.S.
U.K., and Australia, used to figure in for some sales every month as well, but since last August, sales from outside of the U.S. have dipped to nonexistent levels. not sure why!