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An e-commerce site being down does not lead to exactly the amount of orders lost as is average for that time. Most people will try again later, with the possible exception of first time buyers and likely exceptin of impatient commodity buyers with alternative accounts.


On the other hand, even if many people buy, today downtime may cause users to change their long-term behavior and switch to competitors.




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