India's E-commerce and Internet Industry

[Ceres]

The following article provides a bit of history, plus some facts and figures, regarding the development of India's ecommerce and internet industry: E-commerce and Internet industry in India.

No doubt we'll continue to see even more growth in India over the next few years.

 

[Jeff]

81 million internet users in India - that's high!

The population of the UK is only slightly over 60 million.

 

[newyorkdude]

Jeff, be careful when trying to interpret numbers like 88 million internet users. Comparatively few Indians have computers in their homes, available to use 24/7. Most Indians nowadays have cell phones, only a percentage of which are internet capable.

Most Indians who use the net do so at internet cafes and similar rent-by-the-hour places. Many of these by-the-hour users are quite well educated about computers/the net and get maximum value out of their time online. But that's not the same as in-home internet 24/7.

India is growing fast economically, as we all know. But that doesn't mean all comparisons are comparable.

 

[Jeff]

Thanks for the clarification!

 

[iphone3g]

can any body tell me, how do you do such calculations?

 

[Ceres]

can any body tell me, how do you do such calculations?

Hi iphone3g, are you asking how they obtained these numbers? If so, I think a lot of data is obtained via surveys, data collection records, and official sources etc. Are you looking for information on any particular statistics?

 

[RaghavK]

there are a million agencies which provide historical data..all you need to do is google India Statistics and what type of data you are looking for..

 

[dnk]

To get a better idea , you should actually buy and sell from the top ecommerce websites in India, you know how efficient the systems are. For many articles, they just compile data from multiple sources.

 

[johsen]

Thanks for giving information.