Because most Japanese are willing to pay services on the internet, while most Indonesian just love freebies. Thats why if they can make in Japan, is not a guarantee they can make it in Indonesia too. For example, average revenue per user of Japanese site Ameba.com is USD 33.000. No wonder with 10 million users they can make money USD 3 billion! That make sense for me to understand now.
March 20121 min read