June 15th, 2010 -- by Bacchus
Most (Almost) Purchased Sex Toys
I’ve been posting affiliate links to sex toys since approximately April of 2006. Today I was looking at some aggregate statistics about orders not completed — items that potential customers following my links put into a virtual shopping cart, but never checked out. In more than four years, what are the most popular “almost purchased” items?
It’s actually a rather fun little list:
- Vibrating Silver Bullet. Inexpensive ($9), classic, functional. 72 “almost” purchases over four years. Nice price/utility ratio.
- Hitachi Magic Wand. Famous. Capable. Legions of fans. $39.95. 67 “almost” purchases.
- Bend Over Boyfriend DVD. The classic instructional video for hetero strap-on fun. $38.00. 63 “almost” purchases.
- Fleshlight Male Masturbator. Another famous toy with a lot of marketing behind it. The spendiest item on the list at $65.00. 44 “almost” purchases.
- 18″ Black Paddle. Your basic wooden spanking paddle, big enough to be evil. $42.00. 36 “almost” purchases.
I don’t know whether this list is a proxy for overall item popularity, or whether it’s a special list of items that people consider buying before “chickening out” or deciding to be kind to their credit cards. But it’s interesting, either way.
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You need to compare this with the ranking of these items in the number actually purchased. If large numbers actually buy the Fleshlight, then it is logical that it would also rank high in the number considered and ultimately not purchased. If it is not a hot item, then there is probably something about it that provokes second thoughts.
There’s also the issue of shopping around. Often the only way to see what the final price will be is to put it in the cart and go to the checkout to see what shipping is going to add.
I’ve left a lot of times in carts over the years this way.
Hey! That pic in the top left is the item my girlfriend always leaves next to the bed and says: “it’s a back massager!” WTF. lol