e-Commerce Expert

There are varying opinions regarding the future of e-commerce. Despite the fact that online sales are growing exponentially, some analysts believe that e-commerce is heading for a fall, and this 2008, for the global wide economic crisis, big eCommerce giants like eBay and Amazon are all underperforming recent two qurters. Bernstein said Amazon and eBay are at the rist of underperforming(reuters), http://uk.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUKBNG24597120081219, and some of the brokerages degrade eBay, http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081219005820&newsLang=en. Is eCommerce really heading for a fall?
eCommerce today is totally different than yesterday. People now are already familiar with what eCommerce is. Decades ago, when the eCommerce in its baby stage, people are slightly fearful and cautious about privacy and security. In other words, as nonusers begin using the Web to shop, they will be a more conservative group than current users. Statistic shows, by 2007, 77% of internet users over the age of 13 -- about 131.3 million people -- will shop online.T his is the biggest change since the born of eCommerce. Peopel already accept this new shopping way, from stand-by watch, to try by themselves, then know how to, and finally addict to it.
Logistic industry developed fast these years, especially in some Asia developing countries, like China. People buy something online, they can get it tomorrow, even cross-border trding, from US to Hongkong, Taiwai, mainland of China, DHL, EMS can provide very economic and affordable price to deliver in 3-5 days.
Current economic crisis is a good opportunity for eCommerce. Online trading can save lot of money for buyers and sellers, and also very efficient. Buyers do not need to go out for on site shopping, internet not only can provide any information for the products which on site-shopping can give, but also can provide precise, up to date price comparison, community comments. Sellers also do not need to rent real shop which always cost 20-50% revenue.
eCommerce has been a trustable and efficint way for shooping. For year 2009, ride on the economic crisis, it is a great future for e-commerce.
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