Saturday, April 07, 2012

State of E-Commerce, Digital Marketing, and Internet at 18 in the Philippines

Last March 22, I was a guest at ANC Future Perfect and talked about the e-commerce landscape and DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit. Here are some insights I shared then and learned from the Summit.




State of E-Commerce in the Philippines

Last March 29, the Philippines historic connection to the Internet turned 18. I think we have gone a long way and grew so much. But am also sad that we don't have enough data gathering process and tools in place to accurately measure it.
For instance, broadband subscriber base has increased by 45% to over 2.9 million in 2011 compared to a year ago. However, most industry peers still peg the number of Internet users to 30 million in the Philippines. Around 1/3 of it were assumed to be household users. This number was also used for the past 2 years.