Dell Cyber Monday Deals Tough On Site Performance

I thought I would try to get some quick Christmas shopping done tonight/morning and as I headed over to Dell I realized the clock had ticked or to Monday which means Cyber Monday deals at Dell. Good timing I guess, I really do not think this puts me in the same camp as the people that camp out for Black Friday deals though but hey, I thought by accident I would be fortunate and grab some of the deals Dell had going for the occasion.

Well, guess I was wrong, it looks like my accidental Cyber Monday early morning shopping is being killed by people actually planning on shopping in the wee hours on the Dell site, such is the beauty of online commerce. You do not actually have to get all presentable to head to Cyber Monday deals at Dell like you had to for the 3am line ups at Wal-Mart.

Anyway, what do I mean by killed, well if server timeouts and transaction troubles are any indication it looks like Dell is doing pretty well this Cyber Monday. Not the most scientific evidence ever but I have read a few reports the past couple days where people measured ping times and server response times during peak periods to track how online retailers were doing (Toys R Us had the only noticeable slowdown from what I read).

This year so far, if you believe some of the reports, has been much better than last year as far as this kick off to the holiday shopping season goes. I know for Dell it must be good so far, try number 7 now on actually completing a transaction.