A study by Benchmark Group on e-commerce in France puts the value of online business-to-consumer sales in 1999 at 1.3 billion French francs (200 million Euros), and much of the credit goes to increased promotion.
In 1998, Internet sales amounted to 400 million FRF (61 million Euros), the study found. E-commerce sites have, on average, doubled their audience in the space of the last six months. Thirty-eight percent of sites reported more than 1 million pages viewed. Only 5 percent topped the million mark in 1998.
Benchmark's survey of the 75 most active online sales sites found that two-thirds of the sites generated a turnover of more than 200,000 FRF (30,500 Euros) per month. The conversion rate from visitors to customers was 2 percent on average.
Promotion budgets have grown substantially among the top e-commerce sites in France. Budgets of between 300,000 and 500,000 FRF (46,000 and 76,000 Euros) are now the norm, the study found. In 1998, most budgets fell short of 200,00 francs (30,500 euros).
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