meatloaf
11-25-2002, 02:47 AM
Internet users up 30pc - 655million
I read in the paper today that the United Nations expects the number of internet users to grow to 655 million by the end of 2002 - (that’s only 1 more month!) This is a 30% increase on last year.
They also said developing nations will account for a third of the new users. By my calculations that is approximately 150 million new users, 50 million of them from third world countries.
Assuming the same growth rate next year can we expect 195+ million new users, total of 850 million users, with another 65+ million users from the third world countries.
So what does all these new users mean, what does 655 million people on the internet and a massive number of web surfers from the third world countries mean to our business?
Most third world customers don't have access to financial instruments like
credit cards & check accounts, some don't even have phone accounts or personal computers. But these 3rd world countries are arming their citizens with free internet, for example Myanmar. Then you have India & China...with over 2.5 billion citizens, increasing access to the internet and add to this a large number of Indian citizens have a good handle on the english language so they can understand and navigate our sites.
We already see processing companies blocking customers from certain countries that DO have access to credit cards due to high chargebacks, what about customers from countries where they assume the roll of freeloaders with no way of every becoming a consumer of premium porn products?
Will we see free sites like TGP's having to implement some form of geo-barring against countries they deem to be non-productive? The business model of free sites require some form of upgrading customers to paying products...and that requirement is very important for content publishers (tgp posters)...so will we see those webmasters under taking their own geo-barring in order to maintain positive ratios?
I don’t sound an end to TGP’s but I personally see them restricting their availability to some countries in return to maintain on increasing their business model, their own profitability and poster's profitability….but I see free sites cashing in on growing traffic flows from our traditional high value markets.
With that said do you see will we see premium markets like USA, Canada, UK, west & central Europe, Australia etc. yield a lot more new customers in addition to existing ones?
I think it will be cheaper to just bar unproductive countries and dump them at the door step of yahoo and let them deal with them....or will they even take them? Maybe there is a webmaster out their with a solution?
ahhh....the pot of gold at the end of the net continues to grow :rolleyes:
maybe the best $$$$$$ is yet to come? :wnw:
Last edited by meatloaf at Nov 25 2002, 12:18 AM
I read in the paper today that the United Nations expects the number of internet users to grow to 655 million by the end of 2002 - (that’s only 1 more month!) This is a 30% increase on last year.
They also said developing nations will account for a third of the new users. By my calculations that is approximately 150 million new users, 50 million of them from third world countries.
Assuming the same growth rate next year can we expect 195+ million new users, total of 850 million users, with another 65+ million users from the third world countries.
So what does all these new users mean, what does 655 million people on the internet and a massive number of web surfers from the third world countries mean to our business?
Most third world customers don't have access to financial instruments like
credit cards & check accounts, some don't even have phone accounts or personal computers. But these 3rd world countries are arming their citizens with free internet, for example Myanmar. Then you have India & China...with over 2.5 billion citizens, increasing access to the internet and add to this a large number of Indian citizens have a good handle on the english language so they can understand and navigate our sites.
We already see processing companies blocking customers from certain countries that DO have access to credit cards due to high chargebacks, what about customers from countries where they assume the roll of freeloaders with no way of every becoming a consumer of premium porn products?
Will we see free sites like TGP's having to implement some form of geo-barring against countries they deem to be non-productive? The business model of free sites require some form of upgrading customers to paying products...and that requirement is very important for content publishers (tgp posters)...so will we see those webmasters under taking their own geo-barring in order to maintain positive ratios?
I don’t sound an end to TGP’s but I personally see them restricting their availability to some countries in return to maintain on increasing their business model, their own profitability and poster's profitability….but I see free sites cashing in on growing traffic flows from our traditional high value markets.
With that said do you see will we see premium markets like USA, Canada, UK, west & central Europe, Australia etc. yield a lot more new customers in addition to existing ones?
I think it will be cheaper to just bar unproductive countries and dump them at the door step of yahoo and let them deal with them....or will they even take them? Maybe there is a webmaster out their with a solution?
ahhh....the pot of gold at the end of the net continues to grow :rolleyes:
maybe the best $$$$$$ is yet to come? :wnw:
Last edited by meatloaf at Nov 25 2002, 12:18 AM