RYE BROOK, N.Y.-- -- Twenty-three p.c of clients plan to buy online for Valentine's Day gifts, with nine % indicating they can spend extra money online compared to last year. Further, the bulk of buyers will shop for gifts aside from the conventional flowers and chocolates. This is according to the eBillme spending online Index, a quarterly survey conducted by Javelin Plan and Research. The Index polls 1,200 customers to determine projected Internet spending for the quarter and the influencing factors. This quarter, shoppers were also questioned if they have decided what purchases they'll make for Valentine's Day.

Overall, 47 percent of respondents don't know what to get for their friends. Purchasers sixty five years old and over replied with more certainty than purchasers in the more youthful demographics. "Valentine's Day is a chance for shops to build on vacation sales," asserts Samer Forzley, vice chairman of Selling for eBillme. "The number of patrons planning to buy online for Valentine's gifts and spend more than last year is inspiring stories for the eCommerce industry. It's engaging to see that shoppers are looking to more non-traditional gifts this year but are still in the dark about they're going to be buying. For e-tailers, this implies there's still plenty of time to market and capture these uncertain sales.". The web Spending Index is released quarterly by eBillme, the most secure payment option online that enables buyers to pay with money using web banking and walk-in locations. EBillme offers shoppers buyer protection features including satisfaction guarantee, best price, in-transit protection, and crime protection, as well as cash-back rewards thru the eBillme Rewards program.

The Index is based primarily on information picked up from a web client survey deployed quarterly starting in Aug 2008, with a sample size of 1,209 respondents. The survey centered US adults ( age eighteen ) and was based totally on representative proportions of sex, ethnic grouping, and revenue in comparison to the US online population. EBillmetrade ; is the most secure way to pay online and the sole online payment solution that extends the amenity of internet banking to the merchant's checkout process. The service augments security for Web buyers, and enables merchants to hike sales while reducing exchange costs. No money info is exposed and the payment exchange is safely transferred from the client's bank to the retailer's bank. Shoppers can shop on the web, by catalogue or thru call centers, and pay for their purchases at their bank, credit union, or bill pay portal using the safety and convenience of internet banking or by paying the bill at over 75,000 walk-in locations.