Archive for the ‘Countrywise Internet marketing’ Category

UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain. United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and unitary state consisting of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. 1The estimated resident population of the UK is 62,348,447 till June 2010, and currently 51,442,100 Internet users are using internet as in June/10, that means 82.5% of population of UK is using internet, which is a great market to attract locals to sell online. There are 18,354,000 broadband subscribers as of June/10 in UK.

The value of Internet sales to households rose to £18.1 billion in 2004 from £10.8 billion in 2003, a rise of 67.6 per cent. 6.7 per cent of businesses sold over the Internet in 2004 (5.4per cent in 2003) while 35.3 per cent made purchases over the Internet in 2004 (29.4 per cent in 2003). 32 per cent of businesses with 1000 or more employees sold over the Internet in 2004 and 70.3 per cent purchased over the Internet in 2004. Internet purchases by businesses rose 64.6 per cent, from £37.9 billion in 2003 to £62.4 billion in 2004. 33.8 per cent of businesses had a website in 2004, compared to 30.7 per cent of businesses in 2003. Of businesses with 1000 or more employees, 98.1 per cent had a website in 2004.

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USA

The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, the States, or America). Total population of America is 936,681,422 by the end of the year 2009. The population that uses internet in America is 470,914,336 which are 50.3% of total population by the end of the year 2009. User growth rate of America is 273.0% that means the chances of grabbing new customers for your product is more visible. Contribution of North America to internet is 56.5%, South America 33.3%, Central America 8.2% and the Caribbean is 2%. This shows a huge market for online sales.

Considering how the economic landscape is looking particularly dismal, it comes as a notable surprise that, regardless of how the economy is slowing down in some areas, online retail sales in the US are expected to continue to increase by roughly 50% over the next five years and to exceed $300bn.

Further information is provided for the enhancement of knowledge that there is a huge market that can be captured for online sales in USA.

Source: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/wholesale_retail_trade/online_retail_sales.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm

SINGAPORE

 

Singapore has 3,370,000 Internet users as of Sept/09, 72.4% penetration, per ITU. The Q110 BMI Singapore Retail Report forecasts that total retail sales will grow from an estimated US$28.19bn in 2009 to US$40.40bn by 2014.

International Data Corp, an information-technology research consultancy, estimates that close to 80% of all e-commerce in Singapore will be B2B rather than B2C in the coming years.

Internet marketing done to your site and Onlines sales will help you to save your to around 31.1%. Which is a huge factor in saving your costs and increasing your profit margin.

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CANADA

 

Canada had 33,487,208 population estimate in 2009. 82% of businesses in Canada use the Internet and 38% have a website, This  mean 2/3 businesses in Canada have no website.Canada 2.0 means at least 50% of business should be online in 2010. Major sectors like construction, local services, restaurants, fitness centers, local businesses.Canada has 25,086,000Internet users as of Sept/09, 74.9 % penetration, per ITU.

For 2004, researchers estimate that 5.2 million Canadian households have a broadband connection, accounting for 66% of online households. In 2007, 81% of online households have a broadband connection. The value of retail sales online in Canada outstripped the growth in the number of online retailers. Retailers reported online sales of $5.4 billion in 2005, up 80%.

According to Internet World Stats, there are 28,000,000 Internet users in Canada. This number represents 84.8% of the population thus making Canada a country with one of the highest online penetration rates in the world.

Most of the purchases made online by Canadian consumers are from retailers from the United States. eMarketer estimates that by 2011, Canada's online consumer spending will reach 37.2 billion Canadian Dollars (approximately $30.2 billion).

According to Ipsos Reid, 80% online users in Canada agree that they are receiving the best results from their primary search engine. As indicated by Hitwise, the most used search engine in Canada is the ever-popular Google. Google takes 80.17% of the online search engine market share. Following Google are MSN with only 8.84%, and Yahoo! with 7.34%. Other search engines comprise of the other 3.65%.