Easton Digital · Seasonality Analysis

Which product types earn budget in which months

Product type (L2) seasonality for All Time Trading and Wholesale Sock Deals, built on 55 months of Google Shopping and Performance Max data. Every pattern is scored for how many years it repeats, whether it held up in 2026, and whether it replicates independently at the sister account.

Jan 2022 – Jul 2026ATT 340-667-9925WSD 115-781-652425 product types eachIndex years 2022–2025 · 2026 held out
4
Patterns rated high confidence at both accounts
0.99
Winter wear correlation, ATT vs WSD
$121K
WSD non-profit September revenue, under-funded
7 of 15
ATT types whose peak month changes vs a single-year read

Priority

The next 90 days

Today is 19 August 2026, so September, October and November are the live decisions. Everything below is scored on the relative index: how a category performs against that account's own seasonality in that month. A category can rise in November simply because the whole account rises in November, and that is not a reason to shift budget toward it.

September

account runs at 0.78x its own average

Lean in

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. rev
home & kitchenunderfunded1.471.150.74$9,995
(unclassified)underfunded7.281.465.11$4,113

Pull back

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. cost
school supplies0.460.490.70$558

October

account runs at 0.93x its own average

Lean in

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. rev
winter wearunderfunded2.081.321.51$13,459
jewelry & accessoriesunderfunded3.107.290.47$1,791
samplesunderfunded1.550.961.25$1,038

Pull back

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. cost
(unclassified)0.350.291.07$128
office supplies0.341.020.73$114

November

account runs at 1.39x its own average

Lean in

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. rev
winter wearfunded3.021.383.92$23,373
samplesunderfunded3.321.443.16$13,399
(unclassified)underfunded1.262.390.49$724

Pull back

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. cost
personal care0.611.000.88$1,242
office supplies0.540.380.82$129

September

account runs at 0.94x its own average

Lean in

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. rev
non-profit / charityunderfunded1.501.920.78$121,195
(unclassified)funded1.531.061.64$29,420
seasonal itemsunderfunded1.741.710.80$13,675

Pull back

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. cost
backpacks & luggage0.581.090.63$1,295

October

account runs at 1.27x its own average

Lean in

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. rev
non-profit / charityfunded1.190.811.40$63,512
samplesfunded1.251.261.48$59,396
personal careunderfunded1.261.381.23$52,789
winter wearfunded1.240.861.76$34,098
(unclassified)funded1.431.021.74$29,686

Pull back

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. cost
footwear & shoes0.541.060.91$1,723
backpacks & luggage0.240.650.55$1,114

November

account runs at 1.56x its own average

Lean in

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. rev
non-profit / charityunderfunded1.340.861.73$91,872
winter wearfunded2.381.423.33$88,495
samplesfunded1.491.422.23$86,863
socks & hosieryfunded1.251.212.17$63,737
seasonal itemsfunded1.391.363.10$21,318

Pull back

Product type (L2)Rel.CVRSpendHist. cost
apparel0.540.881.22$13,501
(unclassified)0.520.651.40$2,507
footwear & shoes0.470.910.97$1,847
caps & headwear0.450.870.72$1,789
Biggest single move. WSD non-profit / charity in September: it converts at 1.92x its own average conversion rate and runs 1.50x the account's September seasonality, yet takes only 0.78x its share of spend. Across 2022–2025 those Septembers produced $121,195 in revenue on $3,632 of cost. This is the one to act on before the month is gone.
Watch the November reflex. At WSD, apparel is the third-largest category by revenue and takes 1.22x its share of spend in November while running at 0.54x relative index. Caps & headwear (0.45x) and footwear (0.47x) do the same. November is a real account-wide peak, but these three do not participate in it, and they are absorbing budget that winter wear, samples and seasonal items convert better.

Method

How to read the three indexes

Every number in this report is an index where 1.00 means average. Three different indexes answer three different questions, and the gaps between them are where the decisions live.

Order index

Share of the category's annual orders that land in this month, times twelve. Built per year and then averaged so a single strong year cannot dominate. 2.00 means twice the normal order volume.

CVR index

The month's conversion rate against the category's own average conversion rate. This one is budget-neutral: it cannot be manufactured by spending more, so it is the cleanest read on genuine demand.

Spend index

Share of the category's annual spend landing in this month. Compare it to the order index to see whether budget already follows the demand or lags it.

Relative index

Order index divided by the account's own index for that month. Strips out account-wide seasonality so categories can be ranked against each other. This is what the 90-day plan is scored on.

Why order count and not revenue. Both accounts are B2B bulk sellers where a single wholesale order can be worth fifty times a typical one, and those whales rotate between categories from year to year. A revenue-based seasonality index mostly tracks where the whales happened to land. Order counts and conversion rates are far more stable, so they drive the index; revenue is shown for sizing the prize, not for detecting the pattern.

Evidence

What we actually trust

A monthly peak from one year of data is usually noise. Each pattern is scored on three independent tests: how many of the four index years agree, whether an index built on 2022–2025 predicted what really happened in Jan–Jul 2026, and whether the same pattern shows up independently at the sister account.

High — act on it Medium — directionally sound, verify before big moves Low — too thin or too inconsistent to act on

Winter wear and backpacks are the two cleanest patterns in either account. They were built from completely separate ad accounts, separate campaigns and separate customers, and they land on the same curve — winter wear correlates at r = +0.99 across the two accounts and backpacks at r = +0.95. That is about as close to proof of a real category season as ad data gets.

Product type (L2)ConfidencePeakPeak indexYears agreeing2026 holdout rCross-account rOrders
non-profit / charity Low Jan1.86x 3/4-0.28+0.04688
apparel High Jun2.22x 4/4+0.83-0.16579
home & kitchen Medium Apr1.43x 4/4+0.18+0.31628
socks & hosiery Medium Nov1.56x 3/4-0.51+0.49527
winter wear High Nov4.18x 4/4+0.98+0.99230
personal care High Aug1.79x 4/4+0.57-0.41450
backpacks & luggage High Jul5.84x 4/4+0.73+0.95191
toys & games Low Jun1.83x 2/4+0.08-0.05255
school supplies Medium Aug3.34x 3/4+0.20+0.32151
caps & headwear Medium Jul2.28x 3/4+0.36+0.19161
jewelry & accessories Medium Oct2.88x 2/2+0.54-0.0456
footwear & shoes Low Apr3.25x 2/3+0.24+0.2743
samples Medium Nov4.60x 2/2n/a+0.7654
seasonal items Low Oct2.92x 2/4n/a+0.6576
bundle care sets Low Nov2.70x 1/2n/a+0.4944
party supplies Low Sep2.42x 2/3-0.22-0.2164
(unclassified) Medium Sep5.71x 1/1n/a+0.3461
office supplies Medium Mar2.56x 1/2+0.81+0.4044
Product type (L2)ConfidencePeakPeak indexYears agreeing2026 holdout rCross-account rOrders
home & kitchen Medium Nov1.63x 4/4+0.01+0.313,874
toys & games Medium Nov1.31x 2/4+0.60-0.052,637
apparel Medium Apr1.40x 3/4+0.29-0.162,525
personal care Medium Oct1.60x 3/4+0.39-0.412,189
non-profit / charity Medium Nov2.09x 4/4-0.18+0.04936
samples High Nov2.31x 4/4+0.85+0.761,626
socks & hosiery High Nov1.94x 4/4+0.34+0.491,624
winter wear High Nov3.70x 4/4+0.98+0.99753
school supplies Low Dec1.51x 2/4+0.08+0.32965
(unclassified) Medium Oct1.82x 2/3-0.60+0.34682
caps & headwear Medium Apr1.68x 3/4+0.87+0.19845
party supplies Medium Nov1.72x 3/4+0.60-0.21674
footwear & shoes Medium Apr1.73x 4/4-0.03+0.27555
backpacks & luggage High Jul4.80x 4/4+0.73+0.95262
seasonal items High Nov2.16x 3/4+0.50+0.65487
sporting and outdoors Low Dec1.83x 2/4+0.32n/a198
office supplies Medium Jul1.67x 3/4+0.34+0.40349
baby care Low Dec1.79x 2/4-0.83+0.50223
jewelry & accessories Low Jan1.52x 2/4-0.08-0.04182
bundle care sets Medium Nov3.05x 4/4n/a+0.49213
electronics Low Jul1.96x 1/4+0.09-0.25124
pet supplies Low Aug1.95x 3/4+0.11+0.11213
furniture Medium Jul4.60x 2/2+0.61n/a97
Cross-account disagreement is not a failure. ATT personal care rates High on its own evidence (peaks every one of four years, 2026 holdout r = +0.57) while correlating at −0.41 with WSD. The two stores sell different things under the same label. Agreement across accounts raises confidence; disagreement simply means the pattern is account-specific and should be acted on per account.

Full picture

Every product type, every month

Relative index by default — category performance against the account's own month. Switch to the absolute view for planning total monthly budget rather than the split between categories. Hover any cell for the underlying order, CVR and spend indexes.

Product type (L2)OrdersRevenueJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
non-profit / charity688$307,3671.951.561.440.851.170.720.640.630.780.760.891.18
apparel579$140,6110.820.730.671.241.071.711.111.030.970.710.830.72
home & kitchen628$135,6801.040.791.151.421.040.930.590.911.470.871.020.99
socks & hosiery527$93,7500.901.050.971.311.191.160.530.660.831.141.131.20
winter wear230$80,7161.490.370.290.150.140.020.120.340.732.083.022.60
personal care450$79,4531.280.770.870.860.591.291.041.651.030.850.610.98
backpacks & luggage191$67,4330.620.600.310.340.451.314.521.580.420.090.290.00
toys & games255$65,1011.881.840.881.161.291.410.880.470.540.570.291.23
school supplies151$62,0870.622.701.050.390.400.301.973.080.460.560.380.46
caps & headwear161$45,7290.991.331.430.981.451.431.761.770.060.550.170.05
jewelry & accessories56$44,4700.520.771.750.991.700.480.000.230.003.101.081.96
footwear & shoes43$26,3921.570.770.003.220.000.000.390.990.541.880.362.45
samples54$19,1350.290.490.000.001.270.430.250.011.031.553.322.50
seasonal items76$16,1601.980.932.020.270.640.170.380.300.843.141.400.66
bundle care sets44$15,2630.733.100.000.720.370.770.770.951.810.391.950.72
party supplies64$15,0910.420.990.280.860.511.291.000.803.081.860.740.43
(unclassified)61$14,1140.000.000.350.980.280.760.390.687.280.351.260.49
office supplies44$9,0290.000.003.590.621.560.731.651.160.800.340.541.35
electronics29$8,1451.111.640.000.000.000.000.820.000.008.340.760.00
baby care26$6,6710.001.100.001.190.810.000.463.623.060.000.511.73
pet supplies27$2,3021.680.621.611.881.300.311.200.740.000.001.620.78
Product type (L2)OrdersRevenueJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
non-profit / charity688$307,3671.861.011.030.861.030.930.830.680.610.711.241.20
apparel579$140,6110.780.470.481.250.942.221.441.120.760.661.150.73
home & kitchen628$135,6800.990.510.821.430.921.200.760.991.150.811.421.01
socks & hosiery527$93,7500.860.680.691.321.051.510.690.720.651.061.561.22
winter wear230$80,7161.420.240.210.150.120.030.150.370.571.934.182.65
personal care450$79,4531.220.500.620.870.521.671.341.790.810.790.851.00
backpacks & luggage191$67,4330.590.390.220.340.401.705.841.710.330.080.400.00
toys & games255$65,1011.801.190.631.171.141.831.140.510.420.530.401.25
school supplies151$62,0870.591.750.750.390.350.392.553.340.360.520.530.47
caps & headwear161$45,7290.950.861.020.991.281.862.281.920.050.510.240.05
jewelry & accessories56$44,4700.500.501.251.001.500.620.000.250.002.881.502.00
footwear & shoes43$26,3921.500.500.003.250.000.000.501.070.421.750.502.50
samples54$19,1350.280.320.000.001.120.560.320.010.811.444.602.55
seasonal items76$16,1601.890.601.440.270.560.220.490.330.662.921.940.67
bundle care sets44$15,2630.702.010.000.730.331.001.001.031.420.362.700.73
party supplies64$15,0910.400.640.200.870.451.671.290.872.421.731.020.44
(unclassified)61$14,1140.000.000.250.990.250.990.500.745.710.331.740.50
office supplies44$9,0290.000.002.560.631.380.952.131.260.630.320.751.38
electronics29$8,1451.061.060.000.000.000.001.060.000.007.761.060.00
baby care26$6,6710.000.710.001.200.710.000.603.922.400.000.711.76
pet supplies27$2,3021.600.401.151.901.150.401.550.800.000.002.250.80
Product type (L2)OrdersRevenueJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
home & kitchen3,874$1,000,8110.891.021.251.021.031.000.860.961.000.981.050.93
toys & games2,637$943,8561.141.271.091.151.181.270.860.840.890.860.840.88
apparel2,525$800,5910.971.051.311.471.361.281.031.110.840.800.540.77
personal care2,189$621,0990.740.981.171.041.171.030.821.211.151.260.710.85
non-profit / charity936$561,5090.940.830.810.731.000.680.740.931.501.191.340.90
samples1,626$480,2171.691.360.630.530.410.400.550.780.711.251.491.47
socks & hosiery1,624$406,1070.930.851.060.800.981.020.860.980.950.931.251.17
winter wear753$321,4201.480.430.140.140.260.130.270.361.091.242.382.26
school supplies965$275,8470.920.921.120.640.991.471.691.340.690.520.891.22
(unclassified)682$244,4150.440.590.420.911.381.531.511.391.531.430.520.79
caps & headwear845$236,3680.620.981.051.771.511.411.081.271.130.920.450.49
party supplies674$215,4831.241.430.751.110.980.630.930.830.721.131.110.96
footwear & shoes555$205,0571.251.021.051.821.661.461.170.720.870.540.470.70
backpacks & luggage262$127,7700.160.610.741.380.471.315.951.380.580.240.430.36
seasonal items487$122,0342.261.080.680.620.350.340.160.631.741.101.391.04
sporting and outdoors198$91,2460.500.850.830.911.871.221.050.931.080.610.821.48
office supplies349$86,6910.510.820.861.051.610.782.071.221.080.980.730.68
baby care223$80,8760.340.640.440.720.931.061.591.361.711.110.741.45
jewelry & accessories182$76,7521.610.981.041.531.081.341.190.761.100.840.500.62
bundle care sets213$67,2951.940.920.500.080.720.630.860.330.671.081.961.38
electronics124$41,5140.620.521.221.130.831.622.431.701.340.550.500.58
pet supplies213$26,2951.340.480.490.870.540.961.332.220.621.300.891.01
furniture97$21,3110.800.540.330.180.352.225.701.050.960.710.160.74
eye wear35$6,2180.001.602.181.510.720.000.000.002.310.410.961.82
Product type (L2)OrdersRevenueJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
home & kitchen3,874$1,000,8110.840.881.180.970.970.680.690.840.941.241.631.15
toys & games2,637$943,8561.071.091.031.091.110.860.690.740.841.091.311.09
apparel2,525$800,5910.910.901.231.401.280.870.830.970.791.020.840.95
personal care2,189$621,0990.700.841.100.991.100.700.661.061.081.601.111.05
non-profit / charity936$561,5090.890.710.760.690.940.460.600.821.411.512.091.11
samples1,626$480,2171.591.170.590.500.390.270.440.680.671.592.311.81
socks & hosiery1,624$406,1070.880.731.000.760.920.690.690.860.901.181.941.44
winter wear753$321,4201.390.370.130.130.250.090.220.321.031.583.702.79
school supplies965$275,8470.870.791.050.610.931.001.361.180.650.661.391.51
(unclassified)682$244,4150.410.510.400.861.301.041.221.221.441.820.810.97
caps & headwear845$236,3680.580.840.991.681.420.960.871.111.071.170.700.61
party supplies674$215,4831.171.230.711.050.920.430.750.730.681.441.721.18
footwear & shoes555$205,0571.180.880.991.731.570.990.940.630.820.680.730.87
backpacks & luggage262$127,7700.150.520.701.310.440.894.801.210.550.310.670.45
seasonal items487$122,0342.130.930.640.590.330.230.130.551.641.402.161.28
sporting and outdoors198$91,2460.470.730.780.861.760.830.850.821.020.781.271.83
office supplies349$86,6910.480.700.811.001.520.531.671.071.021.241.130.84
baby care223$80,8760.320.550.410.680.880.721.281.191.611.411.151.79
jewelry & accessories182$76,7521.520.840.981.451.020.910.960.671.041.070.770.77
bundle care sets213$67,2951.830.790.470.080.680.430.690.290.631.373.051.70
electronics124$41,5140.580.451.151.070.781.101.961.491.260.700.770.71
pet supplies213$26,2951.260.410.460.830.510.651.071.950.581.651.391.25
furniture97$21,3110.750.460.310.170.331.514.600.920.910.900.250.91
eye wear35$6,2180.001.372.051.430.680.000.000.002.180.521.502.25
Above averageNormal band (0.70–1.30)Below averageDot colour = confidence tier

Reallocation

Where spend and demand disagree

Pooled across 2022–2025, filtered to categories with at least 100 orders. Under-funded months convert above the category's own average while receiving less than their share of budget. Over-funded months do the reverse. These are the concrete reallocation candidates.

Under-funded — converts above its own average, gets less than its share of spend

Product typeMonthOrderCVRSpend4yr cost4yr rev
non-profit / charityJan1.861.310.98$3,756$39,989
non-profit / charityFeb1.011.240.68$2,624$14,387
winter wearOct1.931.321.51$2,061$13,459
home & kitchenNov1.421.240.96$2,622$13,269
home & kitchenSep1.151.150.74$2,018$9,995
personal careAug1.791.351.02$1,438$9,594
socks & hosieryMay1.051.370.79$1,466$9,439
winter wearJan1.421.370.92$1,260$8,463
personal careJul1.341.221.09$1,535$8,387
socks & hosieryJan0.861.160.58$1,081$7,872

Over-funded — converts below its own average, gets more than its share of spend

Product typeMonthOrderCVRSpend4yr cost4yr rev
non-profit / charityJun0.930.621.49$5,746$34,719
socks & hosieryJul0.690.621.11$2,054$4,970
personal careMar0.620.510.76$1,075$2,983
school suppliesJun0.390.351.33$1,065$2,432
backpacks & luggageMar0.220.250.54$1,008$553
backpacks & luggageMay0.400.570.52$980$524
personal careMay0.520.560.67$940$2,078
winter wearJul0.150.280.69$936$3,601
backpacks & luggageApr0.340.690.49$920$4,156
personal careFeb0.500.750.61$860$5,581

Under-funded — converts above its own average, gets less than its share of spend

Product typeMonthOrderCVRSpend4yr cost4yr rev
non-profit / charitySep1.411.920.78$3,632$121,195
apparelApr1.401.231.03$11,479$62,350
apparelMar1.231.191.02$11,298$58,459
backpacks & luggageJul4.801.663.53$7,209$57,602
personal careOct1.601.381.23$7,338$52,789
personal careAug1.061.270.88$5,232$32,285
footwear & shoesApr1.731.271.31$2,484$26,717
socks & hosieryMar1.001.350.71$4,196$25,186
footwear & shoesMay1.571.161.26$2,394$23,208
non-profit / charityMay0.941.290.77$3,583$22,865

Over-funded — converts below its own average, gets more than its share of spend

Product typeMonthOrderCVRSpend4yr cost4yr rev
personal careJan0.700.690.86$5,153$23,177
samplesSep0.670.740.79$4,956$28,504
samplesMar0.590.610.76$4,777$14,919
caps & headwearFeb0.840.681.17$2,900$14,467
(unclassified)Nov0.810.651.40$2,507$18,494
winter wearAug0.320.620.46$2,048$21,850
winter wearFeb0.370.480.45$1,979$5,185
backpacks & luggageMay0.440.490.90$1,832$2,078
footwear & shoesAug0.630.700.95$1,805$6,715
(unclassified)Mar0.400.630.63$1,140$5,572

Caveats

What this data can and cannot tell you

It covers Shopping and PMax, not the whole account

Product-level reporting captures 75–95% of ATT's monthly cost and 67–88% of WSD's. The rest is Search, which has no product attached. Shapes are reliable; treat absolute dollars as a floor.

One data point was removed

ATT non-profit / charity, May 2024, recorded $2,194,129 on 15.9 conversions — a $138K average order value against a $300 norm. It is a tracking error and is excluded. Nothing else was adjusted.

Spend is partly a management decision

Order volume in a month reflects both demand and what was budgeted. That is exactly why the CVR index sits beside it — where the two move together the demand is real.

It supersedes the May 2026 ATT report

That one used calendar 2025 alone. Against four years, 7 of 15 categories change peak month and single-year amplitude runs hot — school supplies read 5.4x against a true 3.3x, non-profit 4.3x against 1.9x.

Low tier means unresolved, not flat

Categories such as ATT toys & games or WSD baby care may well be seasonal. There are not yet enough orders spread across enough years to separate the signal from the noise.

The taxonomy is shared

Both feeds use the same 25 L2 values, which is what makes cross-account replication a valid test. If either feed is re-categorised, this index needs rebuilding.