World Internet User Stats

I just came across some recent stats on global internet usage at http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm and it tells an interesting story.

It is no surprise to me that China is now the leading country in terms of the number of internet users it has with 253 Million users beating the US with 220 Million and of course the amazing thing is that China has only a 19% user penetration to reach number 1 where the US has a 72.5% user penetration. This leaves room for massive growth over the next 5 – 10 years for China. Even if they only grow to 40% in the next 10 years that is over 500 Million internet users and that is huge numbers in anyone’s book.

But the country that excites me the most is of course India. No surprise there to my regular readers! With over 60 Million internet users to date it is number 4 on the list just after Japan. With a population of over 1.1 Billion people its user penetration is a tiny 4% which leaves massive room for growth. So happy days I think are ahead for the .co.in & .in ccTLD. Every day I am picking up great one & two word domains at reg fee which in time I am sure will be worth 50x times what I paid for them.

I have already seen an increase in interest for my .co.in & .in domains through Sedo and have sold a few over the past 12 months for anywhere between a 50x – 150x return.

I am constantly re-investing my profits into buying more Indian domains and developing the ones that I like the most. I can’t buy them all and don’t have the time to look every day, but there are still GREAT Indian domains to be had at reg cost. I still invest in other ccTLD’s and have several hundred .com, net & org’s in my portfolio and also .co.uk but I think the diamonds in the rough are my .co.in & .in domains. Give it a few more years and I will either be laughing or being laughed at. Nothing ventured nothing gained!