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Posted By: Dennis Bevers <bassco2@bellsouth.net>
Monday, 26 December 2005, at 3:37 p.m.
Have you ever ever considered who and where your potential online buyer is located? Some think anyone online is their prospect, and they may be right, if they are marketing ebooks or other products that can be delivered electronically. The same may apply to service providers.
But, for those of us who have a tangible product to sell, the entire world may not be likely clients for us. The cost of international shipping, as well as the time delays may restrict our client-base to North America, the United States, or even our local area.
For those who claim the US as their market area, that eliminates approximately 75% of those people online as prospective customers. Here's some number to chew on:
One Billion Web Users Need Better Websites
By: Jason Lee Miller
Some time this year, the number of Internet users reached one
billion. Billion with a "b." If you count to one billion at one
number per second, it would take you over 31 years to finish. It has
taken the Internet 36 years to count that high, says web usability
expert and former Sun Microsystems engineer Dr. Jakob Nielsen. The
next 10 years will bring the second billion, growing at an annual
rate of 18 percent, and will include unprecedented numbers from Asia
and senior citizens-and that has huge implications in e-commerce.
Statistically, says Nielsen, the one billionth online user was a
24-year-old woman in Shanghai. Only 23 percent come from North
America, leaving 24 percent in Europe and 36 percent in Asia. By
2015, though accounting for nearly one-third of e-commerce, North
Americans will consist of only 15 percent of Internet users.
I received the above tidbit of information from WebProNews. To sign up for their free newsletter, go to: http://www.ientry.com/page/newsletters . As far as I know I can't earn any commission on free newsletter signups, but I'm not an affiliate anyway. I just like having the sources for any numbers I quote.
For those who are planning to build a business online, this is certainly something to consider. I've been fortunate to have received four orders from overseas, via the internet, with two of them shipping to either New Zealand or a US naval ship. The other two orders were for delivery in the US, with the overseas buyer picking them up at a US location.
Dennis Bevers
My home-based bizopp alternative to getting a job.
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