| Sending eCards online has completely changed the | | | | can be stored in your inbox indefinitely. This also |
| greetings cards industry and it is no wonder that | | | | means that no longer will birthday cards get lost in |
| millions of Birthday eCards are being sent every | | | | the mail or be delivered late because in the online |
| month. In a recent report, it was predicted that | | | | world - everything is instant. You can send an |
| 76 million ecards would be in 2007, this equates to | | | | eCard to someone across the world and it will be |
| over 6 million each month. | | | | received in a matter of seconds. |
| There are many reasons for the enormous | | | | There are many designs available and just like |
| growth in eCards. Perhaps one of the biggest | | | | with conventional greetings cards, ecards can also |
| reasons is the ease in which it takes to send an | | | | be personalised with your own messages. |
| eCard over the internet. Anyone with a computer | | | | New technology has also made the ecard industry |
| connected to the internet can send an eCard. All | | | | gain a unique selling point over physical greeting |
| they have to do is search for a provider and | | | | cards. Text to speech technology has allowed |
| select their card. Also, in most cases, sending a | | | | cards to read out personalised messages and in |
| happy birthday ecard is free. | | | | the future ecard developers hope to incorporate |
| Receiving eCards is even easier. Anyone with a | | | | real human voices from recordings on your own |
| valid email address can receive an eCard and it | | | | mic. |