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  • Data from major e-tailing sites in the monthly tracker shows that online visits to designer labels and book segments has increased by 58 percent and 76 percent respectively, compared to the corresponding month last year.

    e-tailing websites saw 2253.35 million page views: IAMAI

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Internet Economy Watch Report for the month of April 2013, released by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), indicates 24.84 million people accessed various e-tailing sites. There were 2253.35 million page views in the category. The user reach for job and matrimonial websites is 13.28 million and 7.17 million respectively with 447.68 million and 104.99 million respective page views. As compared to e-tailing and job and matrimonial websites, online travel segment has less reach with 11.14 million reach and 477.52 million page views. The total time spent by users on the e-tailing, online job portals, online matrimonial portals and online travel portals was 52014276 seconds, 25687398 seconds, 7281667 seconds, and 22959918 seconds respectively.

     

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    Source: IAMAI/ Different websites

     

    Report also states a significant y-o-y growth of 87 percent in online booking of railway tickets when compared with the numbers of corresponding month last year. Railway tickets booked online in April 2013 were 4.00 million as compared to 2.14 million in April 2012. The online bookings of air tickets witnessed a decrease of -37 percent with 0.57 million bookings in April 2013 as compared to 0.91 million bookings in April 2012.

     

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    Source: IAMAI/ Online Travel Portals

     

    According to the data captured from major e-tailing sites in the monthly tracker, online visits to designer labels and book segments has increased by 58 percent and 76 percent respectively, when compared to the numbers of the corresponding month last year. A significant increase has been registered in the online users visit to mobile segment. The number of visits has increased to 7.07 million in April 2013 from 4.52 million in April 2012. The online users visit to spa and restaurant segment decreased from 0.57 million in April 2012 to 0.57 million in April 2013, a y-o-y decrease of 38 percent.

     

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    Source: IAMAI/e-Commerce sites

     

    In April 2013, the number of profile uploads on matrimonial sites has indicated a y-o-y growth of 4 percent. The number of resume uploads in April 2013 was 1.06 million as compared to 1.09 million in corresponding month last year, a y-o-y decrease of 3 percent. The number of profile uploads on matrimonial websites was 0.64 million in April 2013 as compared to 0.62 million in April 2012.

     

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    Source: IAMAI/ Vertical Classifieds

     

    The monthly internet tracker by IAMAI is based on absolute numbers captured from various relevant sites, and encapsulates online usage for E-tailing, Online Travel and Vertical Classifieds.

     

  • The IAMAI's Internet Economy Watch Report for February shows that the jewellery segment clocked a 117 percent y-o-y growth when compared with last year in the e-tailing category

    Jewellery e-tailing registers 117% Y-o-Y growth

    By A Correspondent

     

    According to the Internet Economy Watch Report for February 2013, released by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the jewellery segment clocked a 117 percent y-o-y growth when compared with the numbers of corresponding month last year in the e-tailing category. Branded Apparel category recorded 59 percent y-o-y growth with 6.73 million user visits in February 2013 as compared to 4.24 million hits in the corresponding period last year. The footwear and designer label segment registered a y-o-y growth of 23 percent and 13 percent respectively when compared with the number of online user hits from last year.

     

    Data captured from prominent e-tailing sites reveals a significant y-o-y growth of 39 percent in online user visit to mobile phone segment with 5.41 million hits in February 2013 as compared to 3.90 million in February 2012.  Online user visit for books which witnessed 2.46 million hits in February 2012 declined to 2.41 million in February 2013.

     

    While irctc.com registered 9 percent y-o-y growth in the e-ticketing segment, air tickets booked online in February 2013 were 0.95 million as compared to 0.91 million in February 2012, a 5 percent y-o-y growth. The monthly tracker reveals that the number of resume uploads has gone up to 1.09 million in February 2013 from 0.76 million in February 2012, whereas, the number of profile uploads on matrimonial websites has witnessed a significant y-o-y growth of 78 percent in February 2013. Profile uploads on matrimonial sites is 1.02 million in February 2013 as compared to 0.57 million in the corresponding month last year.