Given the benefits of E-commerce, however, most developing nations devote only a small percentage of their GDP to ICT and E-commerce implementation and has lower E-readiness. This may be due to many reasons of which; struggling with the provision of basic necessities for the poor, not considering the implementation of ICTs among their priorities and the high costs associated with the E-commerce infrastructures are some of them.

Following is the current situation of E-commerce in the developing nations. E-commerce in these nations has its own opportunities and strengths and it is facing problems and challenges as well. I summarize them as follows

1. E-commerce adoption in these nations is in its infancy level with regard to infrastructure, awareness, access, legal and policy issues. However it is showing greater growth rates even though the gap between the developed nations is still very wide.

2. The distribution of E-commerce adoption within the country is uneven. The gap between urban and rural areas is very high. There are also gender, ethnic, age and other social biases.

3. Lack of local language Internet content.

4. Poor Western language proficiency among the society. However, there are high progresses.

5. Undeveloped E-commerce culture; Lack of online buying and selling habits.

6. High cost of E-commerce infrastructures such as computers, Internet and ICTs. However, costs are falling fast.

7. Insufficient banking, logistics and telecommunications infrastructure.

8. High adoption of Mobile telephony.

7. Higher growing rates of ICT education, awareness, knowledge and skills.

8. High internet penetration and usage rates.

9. Plenty of potential markets for E-commerce entrepreneurs.