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What South Africans purchase online

Effective Measure, a leading online Audience Measurement solution, released their May 2011 statistics report, revealing what South Africans purchase online.

The table below provides a summary from the report:

What South Africans purchase online
Items purchased via the Internet
Number of websites as at December 2010255 million
Number of websites added in 201021.4 million
Tickets for shows or sports events44.21%
Travel tickets: bus, train, flights, boat40.89%
Books40.00%
DVD, Videos, Music35.64%
Hotel reservations33.44%
None of the above28.56%
Software26.82%
Holiday package21.91%
Flowers / gifts18.13%
Computers13.80%
Toys and games13.52%
PC or Console video games11.36%
Domain names, hosting services9.93%
Health and Beauty products9.02%
Clothes and accessories8.91%
Food8.77%
Mass market electronics: TV, radios, Mobile, Hi-fi8.63%
Cars, Motorbikes, Bicycles8.44%
Ringtones, games or icons for mobile phones8.32%
Sports shoes, sports clothes5.47%
Real estate / property4.68%
Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits)3.44%
Art objects2.30%


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