[size=75:1fprfl4n]Regal Magazine 10 December 2009

Online marketing is growing in Bulgaria

Internet users in Bulgaria that shop online have doubled. This is the latest data from Eurostat, whereby 5% of Bulgarians use online stores. At the beginning of the year, only 3% of Bulgarians have benefited from such services, making us one of the last allotment sites in Europe. Despite progress, however, Bulgaria continues to be at the bottom of the rankings for the European Union. Under the country's only Romania, where only 2% of users shopping online. The average figure for the whole EU is 40%, yet statistics show.

Forecast

Bulgarian Association of e-commerce predicted at the beginning of the year that Internet marketing will continue to grow despite the effects of recession on online marketing. In 2008 growth in turnover for online retailers was between 20 and 30%, comment from the association.
Expectations for 2009 are also positive, but data from the electronic payment systems also show progress in our country. In recent months epay.bg payments through the system continuously grow only in November they were in total EUR 13.4 million for the first 12 days of December the turnover is nearly 5 million Great Christmas shopping yet, however.

Statistics

Around 1000 are active online stores in Bulgaria, shows statistics of XML Add the first half of the year. The big figure is due to the fact that more and more trade-s run of the model for distribution over the network. Real force in our online shops have 20-30 shows statistics. About 20% of them do have a 6-digit turnover.

Internet

In addition to growth in electronic commerce, Eurostat data showed an increase of Internet users in Bulgaria. About 30% of Bulgarians have Internet access and 26% of our compatriots enjoy the benefits of broadband. According to representatives from industry, however, this statistic is skewed because the specifications of broadband in the EU.
Studies of international organizations have also shown that the quality of Internet access in our country is much higher than officially announced. According to a study by the University of Oxford and the University of Oviedo, sponsored by Cisco, Sofia is in the top 10 cities with the best access to the network in the world. Bulgaria is ranked 24th position.


There could be opportunities here if you have the right idea and the get up and go

You could well be right here Ashley it sems that Bulgaria is a bit slow on the take up of e-shopping so yes why not just the idea's needed now anyone got any