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68% of consumers go online to research on products: Study

19 August, 2008
About 18 per cent of all financial products are sold online in India, reveals a joint study by Google and strategic market research firm Media Screen. The study also states that nearly 68 per cent of consumers go online to research on products that interest them.

According to the study findings, comparing costs and product details are the two most common online financial research activities in India. Between the two, comparing costs have become more important than evaluating product details (48% vs 42%).

“Using internet for such transactions is more skewed towards metros due to the greater penetration of internet. But, there is an equally optimistic demand arising from smaller towns,” Sridhar Seshadri, business head (financial services), Google India, has told Economic Times.
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About 18 per cent of all financial products are sold online in India, reveals a joint study by Google and strategic market research firm Media Screen. The study also states that nearly 68 per cent of consumers go online to research on products that interest them.

According to the study findings, comparing costs and product details are the two most common online financial research activities in India. Between the two, comparing costs have become more important than evaluating product details (48% vs 42%).
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by Guest on 21 August, 2008
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 10:45.

any idea? where can we get a copy of the report

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by Jetlite on 20 August, 2008
Submitted by Jetlite (not verified) on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 08:05.

Yes! Its true but online buying is not only limited to financial products.I am surprised how come researcher forgot about airlines/travel industry?

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by Rahul Pandey on 19 August, 2008
Submitted by Rahul Pandey (not verified) on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 17:21.

Great News!Those 68% peoples who just do research will soon start buying too (hope so)

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