operating an online store allow customers to shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, andit gives you a chance to decrease overhead costs and increase revenue.
The Computer Industry Almanac projects that there will be and more than 720 million users worldwide at the end of 2005. The US Internet population will grow to more than 207 million Internet users in 2005 that will be 29 percent of the world's total.
72% of all small business were on the Internet as of February, 1998- 60% had web sites.
As of January 2002, approximately 55 million American adults go online from work, up from 43 million in March 2000. Fifty-five percent of those with Internet access at work went online on a typical day in 2001, compared to 50% in 2000, and many were going online more frequently throughout the day than they had in 2001 (Pew Internet & American Life).
Worldwide spending for on-line advertising will reach $15 BILLION by 2003 (Forrester).
According to J.D. Powers & Assoc., about 50.5 million cars have been sold over the Internet.
On-line grocery sales to reach $10.8 BILLION by 2003 (Forrester).
According to a study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), 22% of US consumers shop online from work in 2002, compared with only 12% in 1999. A quarter of those who shop online at the office claim they do so because of the faster connection speed (Source: eMarketer).
Once a haven for the upper-middle class and well educated, the Internet will be home to mainstream America when the newest Net users get wired. Most of them make less than $50,000 annually and almost half didn't go to college (Intelliquest).
When it comes to increasing consumer awareness of brands, on-line banner adds are just as effective as a 30-second TV commercial (Ipsos-ASI).
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