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How exactly is this different from the US ? You think people will rush to Amazon, if overnight becomes just as expensive as B&N ?
In Germany, book prices are fixed. Buying a book on Amazon costs exactly as much as buying it from the small shop at the corner. People still prefer Amazon and book shops are dying.
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In Germany, book prices are fixed. Buying a book on Amazon costs exactly as much as buying it from the small shop at the corner. People still prefer Amazon and book shops are dying.
I see. Are book-stores far and in-between (why is it inconvenient ?).
Compared to any other market for Internet startups in the world, India is the least homogenous (type of consumer) and shallow of them all (when you measure it against the size of the population). Good-quality Internet/smartphone penetration is not as deep as you think. If you think it's a market of 1B people, you're sorely off the mark. Then there's the issue of language. 10% or less of the population speaks and unde…
>Then there's the issue of language. 10% or less of the population speaks and understands English Why restrict yourself to do business with only english-speaking people?
Compared to any other market for Internet startups in the world, India is the least homogenous (type of consumer) and shallow of them all (when you measure it against the size of the population). Good-quality Internet/smartphone penetration is not as deep as you think. If you think it's a market of 1B people, you're sorely off the mark. Then there's the issue of language. 10% or less of the population speaks and unde…
> Good-quality Internet/smartphone penetration is not as deep as you think. If you think it's a market of 1B people, you're sorely off the mark. It's not that bad; I've met folk who make ~$200 month use 3G on their phones (mostly for downloading movies). It's not clear how to make money off such a poor (but large) demographic (other than say, manufacturing-export). > Then there's the issue of language. 10% or less of…
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Compared to any other market for Internet startups in the world, India is the least homogenous (type of consumer) and shallow of them all (when you measure it against the size of the population). Good-quality Internet/smartphone penetration is not as deep as you think. If you think it's a market of 1B people, you're sorely off the mark. Then there's the issue of language. 10% or less of the population speaks and unde…
>Then there's the issue of language. 10% or less of the population speaks and understands English Why restrict yourself to do business with only english-speaking people?