Ecommerce Trends in the Middle East [Infographic]

src="http://www.getelastic.com/wp-content/uploads/mena-ecommerce.jpg" class="alignleft" />This week’s infographic comes from the GO-Gulf.com Blog, href="http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/ecommerce-middle-east/" target="_blank">Ecommerce in the Middle East: Statistics and Trends. With 90 million Internet users and only 15% of businesses with an online presence, there’s room to grow. B2C online sales are expected to jump to $15 Billion by 2015, up from only $9 Billion last year.

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• The estimated number of Internet users in the Middle East is 90 million href="http://clicktotweet.com/9nX58" target="_blank">Tweet this

• Only 15% of Middle Eastern businesses have an online presence href="http://clicktotweet.com/5fr3h" target="_blank">Tweet this

• B2B ecommerce sales in MENA (Middle East/N Africa) to reach est. $15B in 2105 vs. $9B in 2012 href="http://clicktotweet.com/_7Mff" target="_blank">Tweet this

• The value of mcommerce in Middle East/N Africa could reach $4.9B US by 2015 href="http://clicktotweet.com/PXFaf" target="_blank">Tweet this

• 52% of shoppers over the age of 26 in Middle East/N Africa shop online href="http://clicktotweet.com/Uf58l" target="_blank">Tweet this

• 31% of Middle East/N African shoppers under the age of 16 shop online href="http://clicktotweet.com/Ugb2P" target="_blank">Tweet this

• 68% of online shoppers in Middle East/N Africa are male href="http://clicktotweet.com/bpM8A" target="_blank">Tweet this

• 70-80% of online purchases in the Middle East are paid by COD, 30% paid online href="http://clicktotweet.com/a3oN4" target="_blank">Tweet this

• 47% of e-shoppers in the Middle East use prepaid cards vs 30% credit or bank transfer, 28% COD, 27% paypal href="http://clicktotweet.com/77Bb6" target="_blank">Tweet this

• 33% of Internet users in the Middle East regularly use the Internet to purchase or research products href="http://clicktotweet.com/95vC7" target="_blank">Tweet this

• The 3 most popular online shopping categories in the Middle East: Online games (41%), computer software (31%), Electronics (28%) href="http://clicktotweet.com/3Nq2G" target="_blank">Tweet this

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