Today is Black Friday. At retail stores across the country going mad over the latest products. So yes, this includes IT support gadgets, and all things computers from laptops to the latest smartphones. However, one online, Shopify, that’s keeping up with it all. It’s the Shopify Black Friday madness.
As I write this, I look at Shopify’s global live map.? If you look at it, then you’ll see dots light up on the map. These dots represent retail stores sales. Of course, the majority of dots are blinking in the USA, but some are overseas as well. Technically, the USA is the only nation that celebrates Black Friday. However, the shopping Christmas spirit is global.
You’ll also see lines. These lines represent where the customers are coming from. Here also, the USA dominates. But lots of lines are coming from Europe, Asia, and some even from Australia. So what can you get from watching dots and lines fly everywhere? Maybe not much, but it also tell you how much is selling and at what pace. For example, you can see $300,000 a minute worth of shopping change hands. You can see over 3,300 orders per minute change hands. It even shows what’s selling the most and which cities are doing the most cities.
For those of us who don’t want to be caught in the madness, the Shopify Black Friday madness map is fascinating. It’s definitely is for those looking at a distance. Yes, we can see where the most shopping action is, at least by nation and city. I don’t know if you can minimize it by neighborhood. But I wish they would show the uglier side of Black Friday: the brawls, fights, arrests, mass chaos, and injuries. I don’t say that to sound like some sadist. But as shoppers, we should be aware of where the danger zones are so we can avoid them. And here comes a plug: If you’re getting a laptop, just know we at Computer Geeks are experts at laptops fixed.
Be safe and careful out there.