
Sell more
in Italy
Italy is a mature consumer market with a well established and large ecommerce sector. With a population of 59,290,969, Italy has an average annual per capita ecommerce spend of €1,032, which is below the european average of €2,186.

Italy in numbers
Population: 59,290,969
Language: Italian
Currency: Euro
Internet penetration: 65.60%
Internet users: 39,211,518
English speakers: 34%
GDP based on PPP: 2,310,902
Nominal GDP: $1,937,894
GDP growth rate: 1.50%
Average CPC: €0.82
Average CTR: 1.44%
- Travel
- Event tickets
- Books/music
- Computers & mobile devices
- Consumer electronics
- Credit cards
- Digital wallets
- Bank transfer

One of the world’s major consumer markets
Selling in Italy is a great option for growth-minded online merchants. When you launch your store in a new market, there are a number of useful facts and data that you should consider.
There are 39,211,518 Internet users in Italy and Internet penetration amounts to 65.60%. In terms of device usage, there are 39,323,000 smartphone users and smartphone penetration amounts to 65.80%. On a global scale, smartphones are being more and more widely used for digital purchases.
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Duties & taxes
In order to ensure a seamless buying experience and reliable delivery times for Italy buyers it is a good idea to consider calculating and displaying all local taxes and duties up front. This involves assigning relevant HS codes to all your products and then using those to calculate the taxes and duties that need to be applied to a specific product. This is an arduous manual task, but can be automated using Glopal’s HS Classification tool..gif?width=300&name=Copy%20of%20Untitled%20Design%20(15).gif)
International shipping
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