MotionMedia - Sample Digital Agency Business Plan

20 © BPlanExperts.com The growth of this industry is spurred by the growth of large businesses trying to push their products and services to consumers and net users. Another factor that has influenced this growth is the decline of costs for creating and managing a website. The days when website creation was an expensive affair are gone. Nowadays, the cost of creating a site is not astronomical as it used to be. A large number of small web developers have also joined the game of web development and design industry. The advent of e-commerce has also been a plus point to the growth of the web design and development industry. One great example of this could be the site eBay and amazon.com. These sites have changed the way people consume and buy or transact goods. The evolution of new tools of web design have also made web design an easier process than it was beforehand. The World Wide Web is a large tool for expansion for businesses and companies. It is a cheap method of communication and has become a part of the everyday lives of millions. INTERNET INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT WORLD INTERNET USAGE AND POPULATION STATISTICS World Regions Population ( 2009 Est.) Internet Users Dec. 31, 2000 Internet Users Latest Data Penetration (% Population) Growth 2000- 2009 Users % of Table Africa 991,002,342 4,514,400 86,217,900 8.7 % 1,809.8 % 4.8 % Asia 3,808,070,503 114,304,000 764,435,900 20.1 % 568.8 % 42.4 % Europe 803,850,858 105,096,093 425,773,571 53.0 % 305.1 % 23.6 % Middle East 202,687,005 3,284,800 58,309,546 28.8 % 1,675.1 % 3.2 % North America 340,831,831 108,096,800 259,561,000 76.2 % 140.1 % 14.4 % Latin America/Caribbean 586,662,468 18,068,919 186,922,050 31.9 % 934.5 % 10.4 % Oceania / Australia 34,700,201 7,620,480 21,110,490 60.8 % 177.0 % 1.2 % WORLD TOTAL 6,767,805,208 360,985,492 1,802,330,457 26.6 % 399.3 % 100.0 %