Retailers Online Marketing Spending in 2003 Source: The State of Retailing Online 7.0, a Shop.org survey conducted by Forrester Research, Inc. Percentages are rounded. Online Marketing Tactic 2002 average spending 2002 percent of online spending 2003 average spending 2003 percent of online spending Average spending growth (y-o-y) Pop-up/under/over ads (includes Rich Media) $ 57,233 2% $ 155,584 4% 172% Pay-for-Performance search placement $ 176,519 7% $ 399,923 10% 127% Paid keyword placement $ 110,442 4% $ 239,338 6% 117% Online banners $ 164,330 6% $ 339,534 9% 107% Search engine optimization $ 89,736 3% $ 172,371 4% 92% Affiliate programs $ 379,366 14% $ 656,223 17% 73% Email to house list $ 145,907 5% $ 203,998 5% 40% Traditional Portal deals (e.g. AOL, MSN, Yahoo!) $ 688,946 26% $ 894,595 23% 30% Comparison-shopping engines $ 243,117 9% $ 286,730 7% 18% Email to prospecting list $ 263,079 10% $ 293,146 8% 11% New portal deals (e.g. Amazon or eBay) $ 346,196 13% $ 213,598 6% -38% 2002 2003 Total average online marketing spending $ 2,664,871 $ 3,855,040 |