[1] According to a Rackspace survey of more than 1000 online consumers, almost half (45 per cent) of A/NZ online shoppers are abandoning their purchases when they experience performance issues with an online store.
[2] It also showed that 47 per cent go to a competitor website to purchase the same product.
[3] The survey also found that online retailing has the potential to offer a vast marketplace to consumers when executed effectively.