A recent research conducted by The PayPal on e-commerce in the Middle East in conjunction with Ipsos shows that Qatar Airways leads the top merchants in the Middle East & North Africa by average annual spending per online shopper. The average spend on the Qatar Airways website is USD 655. It was surprising not to see Emirates Airline in the list.
Souq.com was listed second with an average spend of USD 312 followed by International players Amazon and Ebay. Cobone was a only group deal site that was ranked in the list.
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The top online retail site visited in Qatar was Qatar Airways, followed by eBay, then Amazon. 37% of online shoppers have made a purchase at Qatar Airways which has the highest average spend per purchase at QAR 2,460 (USD 675).
