Nearly 2 in 3 Singaporeans shop online
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Jan 10, 2011 - Straits Times
By Linette Lin
SIXTY-FOUR per cent, or nearly two-thirds, of respondents, in a MasterCard survey said they now shop online, up by 10 per cent from last year.
Singaporean women continued to out-shop their male counterparts with 68 per cent of female respondents shopping online, compared to only 60 per cent of males.
Female online shoppers also purchased an average of five items online in the last three months, more than the male shoppers' average of 4.2 items.
The types of online purchases have not changed from past years. Airline tickets continue to be the most popular items, followed by hotel accommodations, movie/concert tickets, women's apparel and accessories and books and art.
These online purchases are usually planned in advance, with nearly 80 per cent of those surveyed doing research beforehand. On the other hand, the most common items that triggered impulse shopping online are women's apparel or accessories and airline tickets.
Singaporeans cited convenient payment methods, secure payment facilities, and price and value of the items being purchased as the top three influencing factors in their online shopping experience.
Respondents were also surveyed on their online shopping habits through mobile phones for the first time. Only 12 per cent of respondents in Singapore made purchases on their mobile phones in the last three months.
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yeah, me me me!
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what about online gambling
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women are shopaholics.
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Got an Evisu Jeans at $170 SGD whereas SG shop sells $499 SGD. Of cos buy online...Same goes to Gstar and Nudie...
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games....only online will you find game sales....but there's a prob now....i bought many games but not enough time to play....
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i'm the one out of the three?
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yup, buy but not a lot. not enough to support the online economy. haha.
basically, stuff i cannot get in SG but i want, such as out-of-stock movie dvds, or pre-order of collector's edition of game.
online shopping in SG i restrict to movie tickets (convenience) and once-a-year travel such as hotel reservation and air tickets.
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DON'T EVER FORGET ONLINE PORN............