Facts About Online Shopping (E-Commerce)

Over the past couple of years online shopping (more commonly known as e-commerce) has become so popular that now in the UK alon people are spending just over £50bn a year. Below we have outlined just some reasons why your business needs an online store.

  • 3/4 of online shoppers say they would not return to a website that took longer than 4 seconds to load.
  • Online retailers are acquiring new customers at a 15% annual rate versus 2% for traditional brick and mortar retail outlets.
  • Consumers are 50% more likely to be influenced by blogs and e-mails than TV or radio advertising.
  • 93% 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.
  • 79% of small businesses shop online regularly.
  • 54% of consumers referred a friend to a vendor found online.

 

 

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