Its written in the news articles that the number of SMBs are 47 million , 47 million are registered SMBs, I believe the number of SMBs are much more than 47 million... accepting the number of SMBs as 47 million also and assuming 20 % of these SMBs online in next 5 years and assuming 50 % of them use .in names still the over all .in registrations touch 7 to 8 million easily in next 5 years...
I fully agree having a URL and website is a step 1 of the eCommerce Journey, I am sure at least few of these businesses will experiment with direct shopping carts and selling goods and services directly online in next 1 to 2 years...
Its a great initiative by google and hostgator... Government of India should come forward to deliver these kind of initiatives in the best interests of the people... I am glad that Indian IT and communications minister has supported this initiative....
