E-Commerce Dead in Dubai?

samduboon1

Hi everyone, Well, I'm starting to feel this with more conviction... People in Dubai and the UAE are just too lazy to do things online... Wanna buy a phone, just go to Axion... Wanna buy clother just go to Emirates Mall... Want to buy a car, just go to the dealer... etc. VERY FEW people in this city bother to go online, and therefore those who do go online, don't have a fullfilling experience because it's a small market... So my question is: How can we increase awareness, keeping in mind that soooo many citizens are spoiled and lazy? Any input is welcome... Cheers...

mighty.one

I think its still the fact that the internet is still relatively quite expensive and not widely available but it is increasing in its accessibility so give it a year or so and dubai will be on par with the likes of the uk and usa :)

xavierfernandes

Studies in well developed and emerging online markets have show that ecommerce success is directly proportional to internet penetration. At the moment internet connection rates in UAE are very expensive and the bandwidth available is sometimes best only for sending and receiving emails.