As we all are familiar with the multi-million dollar e-Business industry, many of us still don't know the facts and numbers behind it. So, here are some interesting facts about e-Business.
1. By connecting a modified domestic television with a phone line, Michael Aldrich invented online shopping in 1979.
2. Although Amazon launched in 1995, the first yearly profit wasn't until 2003, and as of June 2012, the average order value was $47.31.
3. Because of forced account registration, online users abandon their shopping carts 26% of the time.
4. During the third quarter of 2012, $4,423 was transacted per second via PayPal.
5. Approximately 46% of online users count on social media when making a purchase decision.
6. 71% of shoppers believe they'll get a better deal online than in stores.
7. In 2010, Groupon turned down Google's $6 billion offer and became an IPO the following year.
8. Pizza Hut began offering online ordering on its website in 1994.
9. India is home to the fastest growing e-Commerce market, and France is home to the slowest e-Commerce growth.
10. Consumers spend between $1,200 and $1,300 on online shopping per year.
11. e-Retail will grow to 9% in 2016, up from 7% today.
12. Global e-Commerce sales will hit close to $ 1 trillion this year.
13. Online sales from social networks will grow 93% percent per year within the next four years, according to consulting firm Booz & Company.
14. From 2011 to 2016, 15% more people will shop online, taking the number to 192 million in the U.S.
15. Analysts say that an explosion in the mobile payments market is just around the corner. In a recent report from eMarketer, which looked at projections from a number of high-profile market research firms including Gartner and Juniper Research, the firm said that by 2016 the total transaction value of mobile payments in the U.S. will hit $62.24 billion. The user base is still relatively small, with only 7.9 million users in 2012. But usage should grow during the next few years to 48.1 million mobile payment users by 2016.
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