896 new users joined Numista in June 2013, increasing the total member tally by 3.1%. This is the lowest monthly growth in seven months. Numista's new membership rate tends to drop over the summer, and resume again in the autumn.
In comparison, Numista added 699 members in June 2012, and added 523 members in June 2011.
June's new members added 45,800 coins into their collections.
68.5% of these users have not yet entered a coin into their Numista collection. Do new users understand how to add coins, or are the majority of them just here for trading, not for cataloging?
Only 1.1% of June's users still have not selected a nation for their profile.
Of the 886 that did select a nation, 86 nations had at least one new member in June 2013. 200 are American, 175 are French, 55 are Indian, 43 are Canadian, 30 are British, and 28 are Belgian.
(I counted "Malaya" as Malaysia.)
Albania, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brunei, China, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey, and Uganda each gained one new member.
67% of June's new users belong to one of the Top Ten nations on Numista by user count (France, USA, Canada, India, Belgium, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Germany).
Of the top ten nations, Italy grew the fastest in June 2013 (10.1% increase), while Canada grew the slowest during the month (5.2%). France grew by 6.1%, and the USA grew by 8.3%.
Mauritius and Panama each added their 10th member.
User Participation scores for June 2013 (How many new users are actually cataloging coins here):
40% Italy
37% France
34% USA
33% UK
30% Spain
26% Canada
25% Belgium, South Africa
20% India
They probably don't remember that they already signed up. They see their username is taken and use a variation of it to re-register. That would be my guess.
"What we are is not as important as what we aren't"
I guess I have a more synical view of the world. My guess is they're signing up multiple user names so they can "trade" with themselves to get some positive feedback before swindling some decent users on the site. My suspicions will be confirmed if they fill their swap lists with rare and expensive coins and suddenly have 10 positive feedback from their own usernames.
Citeer: neilithicI guess I have a more synical view of the world. My guess is they're signing up multiple user names so they can "trade" with themselves to get some positive feedback before swindling some decent users on the site. My suspicions will be confirmed if they fill their swap lists with rare and expensive coins and suddenly have 10 positive feedback from their own usernames.
I'm not so negative as you, I think more in forgetting accounts theory. I supose that is easier and less suspicious creating completely different names if you want only to add feedbacks.
There should be a note to all new members advising a first swap with an established member 10 5* ratings plus, to get them onto their feet. Then continue swapping with any members. But to make sure that if they swap with experienced members they must send first ! That way they will adopt that and avoid any potential scammers ;)
