Facts : E-Commerce Buying Trends
September 4th, 2007 by Ernesto GluecksmannHere’s a few E-Commerce facts found collected by SMBTN Network (smbtn.com).
3/4 of online shoppers say they would not return to a website that took longer than 4 seconds to load.
, 11/2006Online retailers are acquiring new customers at a 15% annual rate versus 2% for traditional brick and mortar retail outlets.
, 11/2006Consumers are 50% more likely to be influenced by blogs and e-mails than TV or radio advertising.
, 04/200693% of consumers say they are unlikely to purchase from or even return to a website after encountering annoying pop-up ads; 89% are annoyed when they need to install extra software; 83% are annoyed when registration pages block access to online content.
, 07/200579% of small businesses shop online regularly.
, 07/200616% of consumers say they would contact a vendor through e-mail. 68% of consumers say they would use the phone number listed on a website to contact a vendor.
, 09/200654% of consumers referred a friend to a vendor found online.
, 11/200693% of those who have a net worth of $10 million or more have purchased a luxury product on the internet in the past year.
, 07/2006