Egil Fujikawa Nes

Co-Founder
The Brazil Business

Updated

26 October 2011

This list is compiled to give you a kick-start into the Brazilian internet market. We chose the following sites because of their general appeal for average internet Brazilian users.

Your business niche might have a portal or a blog specially targeting your area of interest.

Portals

Portals are a huge hit in Brazil. If you are able to syndicate your content into the front page of a major portal it will be read by million of people.

1. UOL

URL: http://www.uol.com.br

2. Globo

URL: http://www.globo.com

3. Abril

URL: http://www.abril.com.br

4. iG

URL: http://www.ig.com.br

Social Network

Forget Facebook and Bebo. In Brazil it's just one social network that is worth spending your time with.

5. Orkut

URL: http://www.orkut.com

Online Auction

Brazil has got it's own version of eBay. It's named MercadoLivre and is a sub-site by MercadoLibre in Argentina.

6. MercadoLivre

URL: http://www.mercadolivre.com.br

Online Supermarkets

7. Americanas

URL: http://americanas.com.br

8. Submarino

URL: http://www.submarino.com.br

9. Fnac

URL: http://www.fnac.com.br

10. Extra

URL: http://www.extra.com.br

Finance and Business

11. InfoMoney

URL: http://web.infomoney.com.br

Price Comparison

12. BuscaPé

URL: http://www.buscape.com.br