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Dos and Don’ts of buying on the Web
By Steve Littfin |
| Electronic commerce is still in its infancy, but business analysts anticipate exponential growth as more consumers discover the convenience, speed, and infinite selection available at “stores” open 24 hours a day, seven days a week... (Full Article) |
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The Web is dead! (Not!)
By Jim Kendall |
| With all of the recent stories about the “dot-com” companies either folding or in deep financial troubles, you would think that the end of Web-based selling and retailing is at hand... (Full Article) |
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The geek-free Top 10 rules of good Web site design.
By Brad Flickinger |
| The greatest thing about the internet is that anyone can have a Web site, which is also the worst thing about the internet. Let’s face it, some Web pages we like, while others we can’t get away from fast enough... (Full Article) |
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Low-margin dotcoms face tough times |
| It’s bad times for consumer Web sites: Living.com ceased operation, Kozmo.com laid off 275 people (about 10 percent of its workforce), and Wine.com and Wineshopper.com combined operations... (Full Article) |
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Marketing strategies for businesses
that are more “bricks” then “clicks”
By John R. Graham |
| Although every business should be taking full advantage of e-commerce opportunities, not all businesses are e-commerce companies... (Full Article) |
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Corporate IT buys into local community |
IT managers are becoming more community minded, finding it helps increase site page views and subscriber loyalty.
So-called “community applications” range from message boards to chat rooms, online clubs and events. But market analysts caution that companies are still in the early, or experimental, stages of community deployment... (Full Article) |
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Domain names get more interesting |
| The group responsible for maintaining the Internet is letting .biz and .name into the expanding family of Internet domain names... (Full Article) |
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E-commerce trends focus on customer service
By Marie E. Buckner |
| Your business is online and you’re contemplating adding e-commerce to it. What next? Or, you are starting an e-commerce business “from scratch.” What are some of the features are available? What type of transactions can you conduct... (Full Article) |
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Top 10 rules of “Netiquette”
By Becky Wiles |
| Question: What equals 10?...has human behavior rules applied... AND uses machine language... (Full Article) |
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Franchisor prohibited from e-commerce
competition with franchisees |
| In what many believe is the first decision addressing the issue of whether franchisors may compete with their franchisees in e-commerce, a panel of arbitrators has enjoined franchisor Drug Emporium and its subsidiary... (Full Article) |
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E-blunders — even those big guys have made them |
| E-commerce has moved well beyond novelty status. The Gartner Group predicts that online sales in the U.S. will represent 5-7 percent of total retail sales in 2004, up from less than 1 percent in 1999... (Full Article) |
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Accepting credit card payments over the Web
By Kelly Andrews, Marketing Communications Manager
PaymentOnline |
| Just a few short years ago, online businesses still relied heavily on offline, paper-based methods for receiving payments... (Full Article) |
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Neither snow, nor rain, nor the Web... |
| The U.S. Postal Service has embarked on a series of e-commerce initiatives designed to ensure the agency has a role in the Internet Age, even as some critics question whether it’s appropriate for a government agency to invest so much in e-business... (Full Article) |
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Staples.com chasing small biz |
| Staples.com has stepped up efforts to sell business services to small companies over the Web, offering debt collection and quick financing services on its site for the first time... (Full Article) |
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Dot-Com shake-out book tells success secrets |
| E-commerce expert Janice Reynolds surveyed the successful dot-coms and dusted off the rubble of the ‘dot-bombs’ to uncover vital lessons for success... (Full Article) |
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