| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 26, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| BUSINESS WEEK E.BIZ -- NET CULTURE
Help for Mom-and-Pop E-Shops What Internet companies are doing to help the small fry set up their virtual lemonade stands LYCOS On July 12, the No. 2 portal announced that it would allow members of its Tripod community to link online auctions to their home pages--the first such program. HYPERMART The largest community of small businesses--some 360,000--will add full E-commerce capability later this year. That means Mom-and-Pop shops won't have to build their own security or electronic shopping carts. SHOPNOW.COM The E-commerce company has created a massive online catalog and a warehouse of products, called MyShopNow.com, allowing individuals to create ministores without having to worry about inventory or shipping. Individuals get a 5% cut of any sales made off of their sites. EBAY Starting in July, sellers and buyers using the eBay online auction site will be able to get updates on their offers and bids via Skytel pagers. Later this year: the same service via telephones. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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