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E-CONSULTANT
NEW! Maximum Impact
If you are an entrepreneur seeking the investments of venture capitalists, then one of the first steps you'll need to take is creating a killer business plan. Our EC Consultant walks you through the steps of creating your master plan in Part I. (Part I of a three-part series) [October 11] [Full Story]
OPINIONS & TRENDS
NEW! Microsoft Launches E-Wallet Service
Aiming to capture the estimated 28 percent of e-shoppers who abandon shopping carts before checkout, Microsoft Corp. Monday unveiled
its version of the electronic wallet, The Passport
e-commerce service, which enables online consumers to store encrypted billing and shipping information at Passport-enabled merchant sites. [October 11] [Full Story]
EC OUTLOOK
NEW! The Check's In The E-mail
Whether it's business-to-business or business-to-consumer E-commerce, e-checks can speed up, simplify, and protect your investment without requiring large new investments or any major changes to your commerce site. This week, we take a look at the rise in popularity of e-checks, and what they can do for your e-business. [October 8] [Full Story]
E-CONSULTANT
NEW! Getting Religion
The lure of the Internet has become so strong, seasoned CEOs as well as new B-school grads are jumping in head first, without a life preserver. Our EC Consultant met with a few to discover what compels these business-savvy pros into leaving secure, well-paying jobs for what can be an extremely risky venture in e-commerce. [October 8] [Full Story]
REVIEWS
NEW! Dave's Auction 3.1
There's nothing particularly fancy about Dave's Auction. This $149.99
package doesn't offer the bells and whistles of many other auction-software
offerings, including competitors in the lower-priced auction space. For someone wanting to
implement down-and-dirty auction capabilities on an existing Web server,
however, Dave's Auction is an acceptable solution. [October 6] [Full Story]
OPINIONS & TRENDS
NEW! AT&T and IBM Team For E-Com Solutions Package
AT&T and IBM Wednesday unveiled an alliance under which the companies will jointly offer end-to-end e-commerce solutions aimed at small- and mid-sized businesses, featuring IBM software, IBM servers and managed Internet connectivity through AT&T. [October 6] [Full Story]
OPINIONS & TRENDS
The Mall is Dead! Long Live the Department Store?
If you're thinking of adding your e-store to one of the many online malls populating the Web these days, better think again. The days of the online mall appear to be numbered, and the way to go may be like the days of yore: the good old-fashioned online department store. [October 4] [Full Story]
REVIEWS
FrontHost
With three levels of services and a unique inventory-management system,
FrontHost LLC offers a good service for companies looking to add e-commerce capabilities to an existing site but don't want to closely intertwine online efforts with existing inventory databases. [September 30] [Full Story]
E-CONSULTANT
All About Merchant Accounts
Whether you're Books-A Hundred or Books-A Million, if you're serious about selling on the Web you need to be able to accept payments from your customers. While there are many different payment methods, the most popular include accepting credit cards and in order to do so you'll need to set up a merchant account. [September 29] [Full Story]
REVIEWS
iTransact
With systems for managing real-time credit-card transactions, check payments and EFT payment transfers iTransact offers a range of affordable services for medium-sized and larger e-commerce Web sites, although smaller sites will probably find that iTransact is too expensive. [September 27] [Full Story]
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