The Daily, Tuesday, April 3, 2001. Among the businesses that responded to the survey in both 1999 and 2000, for every two that started selling over the Internet in 2000, five stopped doing so. Note to readers Data in this release are from the Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology, 2000. The survey covers the entire economy, except for construction, local governments, production of crops and animals, fishing, hunting and trapping. The sample size for this survey was about 21,000.
Electronic commerce is defined as sales over the Internet, with or without on-line payment.
Excluded are sales via EDI over proprietary networks and other electronic networks. Automatic teller machines are excluded, as are the volume of financial transactions conducted over the Internet. Included are service charges received for conducting transactions over the Internet. Large businesses were more likely to be selling over the Internet, and were responsible for a large proportion of on-line sales. Manufacturers built up Internet sales Measured by value, e-commerce sales were highest in manufacturing, followed by wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade.