For those who are just about to start working in an e-commerce environment, there is some good news for them.
First, the number of Internet users in Russia at the beginning of 2011 exceeded 46 million people, which is more than 52% of the total adult population of the country (+18). If we take the same period in 2010, the increase in users was about 9%.
This is data from the Internet World organization.Secondly,
this is data from Data Insight , in 2010 12.5 million buyers spent 240 billion rubles ($ 7 billion) on online purchases in Russia.
According to others, the figure is a bit more modest, because the B2B market was not taken into account, but still the numbers make you think. It is also worth noting that, according to Yandex.Market, in 2011 the e-commerce market grew by about 25% compared with 2010. For example,
Ozone online store for the first half of this year grew by 36% .

And thirdly, there is such a significant growth in this industry that
many analysts are beginning to make even more optimistic forecasts for 2012-2015. So,
according to Mr. Kim (Chairman of the Committee of the National Association of Electronic Commerce Participants), in 2012 the turnover of Runet online stores will grow by 36% compared with 2011. - up to 473.7 billion rubles., In 2013. - by 21% compared with 2012. - up to 575 billion rubles. and in 2014. - by 11% compared to 2013 - up to 640 billion rubles. This year, according to his forecasts, there will already be 81 thousand online stores in RuNet, and by 2014 their number will increase to 103 thousand.
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Many companies, with a turnover of several billion rubles a year, simply did not exist three years ago:

Why are there Russia, the world has recorded such a turnover from e-commerce, that only the lazy one does not make its representation on the Internet.
JP Morgan expects global e-commerce revenue to grow to 680 billion USD worldwide by the end of 2011. This is 18.9% higher than the results of 2010.
According to Anderson Consulting, in 5 years, approximately 90% of sales of goods and services and 83% of deliveries will be carried out using e-business technologies. As a result, the growth of the e-commerce market turnover is expected to be about 100 times.
Here are a couple of presentations from Russian colleagues on this topic:
E-commerce in numbersInternet commerce market v. 2011A few questions remain open:
Do you want to become a leader in your field in a year, two or three?
Do you want to enter other niches with minimal expenses for yourself?
Do you want to get real pleasure from your business?
If the answer is yes, then I advise you to start building your Internet future right now.