Language is one reason, yeah; I'm not sure how strong a reason it is overall.
You know one very serious problem? Shipping. Amazon can sit in California and send something cheap anywhere in the United States, but if I'm sitting in Hungary and want to buy something in Germany, it might literally be cheaper for me to just drive there and back to get it, depending on the item. That really carves up the market into minuscule chunks.
Someday soon, somebody is going to start offering low-cost shipping throughout Europe and they're going to end up billionaires.
You know one very serious problem? Shipping. Amazon can sit in California and send something cheap anywhere in the United States, but if I'm sitting in Hungary and want to buy something in Germany, it might literally be cheaper for me to just drive there and back to get it, depending on the item. That really carves up the market into minuscule chunks.
Someday soon, somebody is going to start offering low-cost shipping throughout Europe and they're going to end up billionaires.