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WebSitePulse reports the following results from web performance measurement of the websites participating in the the Holiday Retail Performance and Uptime Report:
The daily Average Response time from all monitored websites was 3.488 sec.
The typical shopping transaction took the least time for harryanddavid.com visitors - 1.805 sec., while the visitors of helzberg.com had to be the most patient, as the shopping transaction there took in average of 4.609 sec.
Four of the monitored websites delivered above-the-average response times for their transactions, while two of them demonstrated below-the-average daily performance.
The daily average uptime for the entire Group was 99.99%.
Five websites were available with no interruptions - 100%.
Five websites' availability was above the average, while one site dragged the average down with below-the-average availability.
Report Highlights
No events of particular importance or possible negative impact on the online visitors' interaction with the Websites included into the 2022 Valentine's report report were detected during the reported period, and according to WebSitePulse, the Group delivered the expected levels of End-User experience and Customer satisfaction.
Please, scroll down for Detailed Reports and Charts provided by WebSitePulse:
Daily Response Times
Average Response Times for February 16, 2022
Average Response Times February 03, 2022 - February 16, 2022
Hourly Average Response Times
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Average response times by hour for February 16, 2022
Average response times by hour February 03, 2022 - February 16, 2022
Uptime
Uptime February 16, 2022
Uptime February 03, 2022 - February 16, 2022
Methodology:
The 2022 Valentine's Day Reports reflect a complete fullpage web transaction, representative for the End Users' interactions with a website. The reporting period covers the dates between February 3th and February 16th, 2022. Performance and availability measurements are made for a typical multi-step web transaction at 15 minute monitoring interval, every day 24/7. The WebSitePulse application monitoring service is used to collect data and to create the reports.
The steps in each transaction are comparable for all websites, and reflect the real online shopper experience. The simultaneous monitoring is performed from 3 US-based locations of the WebSitePulse monitoring network: San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL, and Washington, DC. In case of a detected malfunction or unavailability, the system performs automated error verification from 3 independent resources and only after the above procedure is performed and has returned consistent results, the detected error is confirmed, recorded, and included in the daily performance reports. In these cases, an advanced WebSitePulse exclusive feature comes into play - Forced Monitoring -, which automatically switches to a 3 minute monitoring interval for increased accuracy.
About WebSitePulse:
WebSitePulse is a leading provider of global, independent, and objective availability and performance monitoring of web sites, servers, network components, web applications, e-business- and email round-trip transactions.
Contact:
For more information about this report please contact:
George T., CTO
phone: 1-407-380-1600
email:
Reproduction:
WebSitePulse launched the Performance and Uptime Reports program to keep the general public and the Internet community informed about the performance of specific websites and the challenges their webmasters, owners and operators are facing on a daily basis, especially when the web traffic intensifies due to some special events through the year. Some of the most popular web destinations, related to each particular event, are selected for the purpose of the Reports, and data from their performance measurements is made available on the WebSitePulse public website.
With the intention to broadly disseminate this information for the benefit of the Internet community, we encourage the use of this information without prior approval and under the following Terms and Conditions:
The Data from the performance measurements cannot be changed or manipulated and should be used "as is".
WebSitePulse 2022 Valentine's Day Online Retail Performance and Uptime Report
January is over, and the Holiday season hype with it. Now we are looking upon the most romantic
holiday of the year — St. Valentine's Day. Monday, February 14, 2022, will mark the third year we
celebrate this holiday during the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Unfortunately, Covid-19 has prohibited many people from being physically close to their admired ones. However, millions of others have found ways to come together or express their love and affection regardless of the circumstances.
In 2022, $23.9 billion is expected to be spent on St. Valentine's gifts for partners, romantic dinner, chocolates, Valentine's cards, and flowers. 53% of the Americans say they are going to celebrate St. Valentine's Day this year, spending an average of $175.41, according to NRF.
Most of the spending is predicted to be for candy (56%), greeting cards (40%), flowers (37%), dining out (31%), jewelry (22%), clothing (22%), and gifts cards (21%).
With more than one-third of the presents predicted to be bought over the internet, the online stores that want more significant profit have to prepare for heavier traffic, perfect uptime, and fast web transactions to satisfy their customers' needs.
For the 15 th year in a row, WebSitePulse will monitor 7 of the most popular gift websites. This Performance Report will measure the websites' uptime and response time as the most critical metrics for any web store's availability and reliability.
Web transactions will be measured every 15 minutes, simultaneously, from 3 different monitoring locations.
In-depth analytical information is also collected and stored in the WebSitePulse system for future references.
Unfortunately, Covid-19 has prohibited many people from being physically close to their admired ones. However, millions of others have found ways to come together or express their love and affection regardless of the circumstances.
In 2022, $23.9 billion is expected to be spent on St. Valentine's gifts for partners, romantic dinner, chocolates, Valentine's cards, and flowers. 53% of the Americans say they are going to celebrate St. Valentine's Day this year, spending an average of $175.41, according to NRF.
Most of the spending is predicted to be for candy (56%), greeting cards (40%), flowers (37%), dining out (31%), jewelry (22%), clothing (22%), and gifts cards (21%).
With more than one-third of the presents predicted to be bought over the internet, the online stores that want more significant profit have to prepare for heavier traffic, perfect uptime, and fast web transactions to satisfy their customers' needs.
For the 15 th year in a row, WebSitePulse will monitor 7 of the most popular gift websites. This Performance Report will measure the websites' uptime and response time as the most critical metrics for any web store's availability and reliability.
Web transactions will be measured every 15 minutes, simultaneously, from 3 different monitoring locations.
In-depth analytical information is also collected and stored in the WebSitePulse system for future references.
| Daily Report for February 16, 2022 | See report for: |
WebSitePulse reports the following results from web performance measurement of the websites participating in the the Holiday Retail Performance and Uptime Report:
The daily Average Response time from all monitored websites was 3.488 sec.
| The Average Response time as measured from the US East Coast (Washington DC) was: | 3.237 sec. |
| The Average Response time as measured from the US West Coast (San Francisco, CA) was: | 3.730 sec. |
| The Average Response time as measured from the US Central was (Chicago, IL): | 3.497 sec. |
| The Best Response time measured from US East Coast (Washington DC): | 1.736 sec. |
| The Best Response time measured from US West Coast (San Francisco, CA): | 2.258 sec. |
| The Best Response time measured from US Central was (Chicago, IL): | 1.421 sec. |
The typical shopping transaction took the least time for harryanddavid.com visitors - 1.805 sec., while the visitors of helzberg.com had to be the most patient, as the shopping transaction there took in average of 4.609 sec.
Four of the monitored websites delivered above-the-average response times for their transactions, while two of them demonstrated below-the-average daily performance.
The daily average uptime for the entire Group was 99.99%.
| The Average Uptime as measured from the US East Coast (Washington DC) was: | 100.00% |
| The Average Uptime as measured from the US West Coast (San Francisco, CA) was: | 99.96% |
| The Average Uptime as measured from the US Central (Chicago, IL): | 100.00% |
Five websites were available with no interruptions - 100%.
Five websites' availability was above the average, while one site dragged the average down with below-the-average availability.
Report Highlights
No events of particular importance or possible negative impact on the online visitors' interaction with the Websites included into the 2022 Valentine's report report were detected during the reported period, and according to WebSitePulse, the Group delivered the expected levels of End-User experience and Customer satisfaction.
Please, scroll down for Detailed Reports and Charts provided by WebSitePulse:
Daily Response Times
| Legend: | ||||
| brookstone | ftd | vermonteddybear | harryanddavid | helzberg |
| homesick | ||||
Average Response Times for February 16, 2022
| # | Target | San Francisco | Chicago | Washington | Avg. resp. time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harryanddavid.com | 2.258 | 1.421 | 1.736 | 1.805 |
| 2 | vermonteddybear.com | 2.644 | 2.981 | 3.736 | 3.120 |
| 3 | homesick.com | 3.751 | 3.939 | 2.990 | 3.560 |
| 4 | brookstone.com | 3.791 | 3.977 | 2.969 | 3.579 |
| 5 | ftd.com | 4.835 | 4.287 | 3.644 | 4.255 |
| 6 | helzberg.com | 5.103 | 4.376 | 4.347 | 4.609 |
Average Response Times February 03, 2022 - February 16, 2022
| # | Target | San Francisco | Chicago | Washington | Avg. resp. time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harryanddavid.com | 2.631 | 1.679 | 1.916 | 2.075 |
| 2 | vermonteddybear.com | 2.409 | 2.878 | 3.628 | 2.972 |
| 3 | ftd.com | 3.975 | 2.770 | 2.983 | 3.243 |
| 4 | homesick.com | 3.450 | 3.878 | 2.885 | 3.404 |
| 5 | brookstone.com | 3.536 | 3.988 | 2.890 | 3.471 |
| 6 | helzberg.com | 5.102 | 4.407 | 4.210 | 4.573 |
Hourly Average Response Times
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| Legend: | |
| individual site response times | monitored group average response times |
Average response times by hour for February 16, 2022
| Target | Hours | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | |
| brookstone | 3.37 | 3.11 | 3.27 | 3.59 | 3.11 | 3.09 | 3.57 | 3.33 | 3.34 | 2.99 | 3.76 | 3.61 | 3.96 | 3.91 | 3.52 | 3.89 | 3.55 | 3.86 | 3.36 | 3.70 | 3.47 | 4.00 | 4.05 | 4.49 |
| ftd | 3.80 | 4.38 | 3.72 | 4.34 | 4.03 | 4.74 | 4.63 | 3.84 | 4.19 | 4.65 | 4.35 | 4.00 | 4.24 | 5.04 | 4.44 | 3.99 | 4.23 | 4.71 | 3.67 | 4.05 | 4.15 | 4.15 | 4.42 | 4.34 |
| harryanddavid | 2.02 | 1.98 | 2.03 | 2.13 | 1.94 | 1.90 | 2.18 | 2.10 | 1.96 | 2.07 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.13 | 2.04 | 2.19 | 1.96 | 2.56 | 2.09 | 2.27 | 2.28 | 0.63 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.20 |
| helzberg | 4.35 | 4.47 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.47 | 4.32 | 4.39 | 4.37 | 5.76 | 5.00 | 4.75 | 4.49 | 4.46 | 4.64 | 4.98 | 4.34 | 4.67 | 4.94 | 4.58 | 4.43 | 4.54 | 4.32 | 4.41 | 4.44 |
| homesick | 3.36 | 3.18 | 3.26 | 2.96 | 2.96 | 2.98 | 3.47 | 3.32 | 3.46 | 3.82 | 4.17 | 3.84 | 3.63 | 3.70 | 3.45 | 3.92 | 3.97 | 3.74 | 3.93 | 3.95 | 3.51 | 3.90 | 3.45 | 3.48 |
| vermonteddybear | 3.15 | 3.01 | 3.06 | 3.16 | 2.98 | 3.01 | 3.47 | 3.28 | 3.51 | 3.21 | 3.02 | 3.08 | 3.19 | 3.06 | 3.08 | 3.07 | 3.03 | 3.04 | 2.98 | 3.07 | 3.17 | 3.23 | 2.98 | 3.03 |
Average response times by hour February 03, 2022 - February 16, 2022
| Target | Hours | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | |
| brookstone | 3.28 | 3.30 | 3.17 | 3.13 | 3.13 | 3.00 | 3.08 | 2.97 | 3.23 | 3.39 | 3.65 | 3.76 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 3.84 | 3.86 | 3.75 | 3.78 | 3.68 | 3.54 | 3.67 | 3.61 | 3.45 | 3.65 |
| ftd | 3.21 | 3.14 | 3.25 | 2.98 | 3.06 | 3.07 | 3.08 | 3.25 | 3.24 | 3.25 | 3.25 | 3.32 | 3.27 | 3.30 | 3.29 | 3.24 | 3.24 | 3.32 | 3.11 | 3.51 | 3.22 | 3.37 | 3.54 | 3.34 |
| harryanddavid | 2.15 | 2.11 | 2.07 | 2.08 | 2.08 | 2.04 | 2.12 | 2.11 | 2.03 | 2.06 | 2.02 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.14 | 2.09 | 2.06 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.14 | 2.15 | 2.07 | 1.95 | 1.99 | 1.98 |
| helzberg | 4.43 | 4.48 | 4.48 | 4.42 | 4.45 | 4.37 | 4.47 | 4.49 | 4.55 | 4.59 | 4.58 | 4.59 | 4.79 | 4.77 | 4.86 | 4.64 | 4.81 | 4.78 | 4.50 | 4.65 | 4.58 | 4.46 | 4.51 | 4.49 |
| homesick | 3.35 | 3.30 | 3.13 | 2.99 | 2.94 | 3.01 | 2.98 | 2.99 | 3.07 | 3.38 | 3.69 | 3.75 | 3.66 | 3.67 | 3.66 | 3.64 | 3.70 | 3.66 | 3.55 | 3.55 | 3.43 | 3.59 | 3.55 | 3.42 |
| vermonteddybear | 2.93 | 2.95 | 2.99 | 2.97 | 3.00 | 2.89 | 3.03 | 3.02 | 3.06 | 2.97 | 2.91 | 2.99 | 3.01 | 2.99 | 2.98 | 2.96 | 2.99 | 3.00 | 2.92 | 2.96 | 2.92 | 2.97 | 2.95 | 2.95 |
Uptime
Uptime February 16, 2022
| # | Target | San Francisco | Chicago | Washington | Avg. uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | helzberg.com | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 2 | harryanddavid.com | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 3 | vermonteddybear.com | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 4 | brookstone.com | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 5 | ftd.com | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 6 | homesick.com | 99.730% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 99.910% |
Uptime February 03, 2022 - February 16, 2022
| # | Target | San Francisco | Chicago | Washington | Avg. uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harryanddavid.com | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 2 | ftd.com | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 3 | helzberg.com | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 4 | homesick.com | 99.981% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 99.994% |
| 5 | brookstone.com | 99.983% | 99.982% | 100.000% | 99.988% |
| 6 | vermonteddybear.com | 99.918% | 99.931% | 99.907% | 99.919% |
Methodology:
The 2022 Valentine's Day Reports reflect a complete fullpage web transaction, representative for the End Users' interactions with a website. The reporting period covers the dates between February 3th and February 16th, 2022. Performance and availability measurements are made for a typical multi-step web transaction at 15 minute monitoring interval, every day 24/7. The WebSitePulse application monitoring service is used to collect data and to create the reports.
The steps in each transaction are comparable for all websites, and reflect the real online shopper experience. The simultaneous monitoring is performed from 3 US-based locations of the WebSitePulse monitoring network: San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL, and Washington, DC. In case of a detected malfunction or unavailability, the system performs automated error verification from 3 independent resources and only after the above procedure is performed and has returned consistent results, the detected error is confirmed, recorded, and included in the daily performance reports. In these cases, an advanced WebSitePulse exclusive feature comes into play - Forced Monitoring -, which automatically switches to a 3 minute monitoring interval for increased accuracy.
About WebSitePulse:
WebSitePulse is a leading provider of global, independent, and objective availability and performance monitoring of web sites, servers, network components, web applications, e-business- and email round-trip transactions.
Contact:
For more information about this report please contact:
George T., CTO
phone: 1-407-380-1600
email:
Reproduction:
WebSitePulse launched the Performance and Uptime Reports program to keep the general public and the Internet community informed about the performance of specific websites and the challenges their webmasters, owners and operators are facing on a daily basis, especially when the web traffic intensifies due to some special events through the year. Some of the most popular web destinations, related to each particular event, are selected for the purpose of the Reports, and data from their performance measurements is made available on the WebSitePulse public website.
With the intention to broadly disseminate this information for the benefit of the Internet community, we encourage the use of this information without prior approval and under the following Terms and Conditions:
- WebSitePulse should be referred as the "Source" of the information;
- WebSitePulse should be acknowledged as the owner of the copyrights of the information in the Reports;
- The texts of the Reports could be changed or altered to better suit the needs and the style of the publisher without prior notice to WebSitePulse. However, the integrity and the meaning of the information should be preserved;
The Data from the performance measurements cannot be changed or manipulated and should be used "as is".
