INTERNET COMMERCE
The ABS uses the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) definition of Internet commerce as the basis for collecting data about the receipt of orders via the Internet or web (more broadly referred to as Internet or web selling). The OECD defines an Internet commerce transaction as "the sale or purchase of goods or services, whether between businesses, households, individuals, governments, and other public or private organisations, conducted over the Internet. The goods and services are ordered over the Internet, but the payment and the ultimate delivery of the good or service may be conducted on or off line".
Internet commerce, by employment size(a), 2007 - 08 |
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 | | | 0-4 persons | 5-19 persons | 20-199 persons | 200 or more persons | Total |
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| Businesses which: | | | | | | |
| placed orders via the Internet or web | % | 36.9 | 50.5 | 59.3 | 70.7 | 42.7 |
| received orders via the Internet or web | % | 20.5 | 28.6 | 31.6 | 28.6 | 23.7 |
| Internet income(b) | $b | ^9.2 | ^11.6 | ^19.1 | 41.1 | 81.0 |
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| ^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution |
| (a) Proportions are of all businesses in each employment size category. |
| (b) Please refer to Explanatory Note 17. |
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