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While the Internet is proving to be a valuable tool for homebuyers, offeringinformation about prices, neighborhoods and mortgage options, the Web isunlikely to replace the local real-estate agent anytime in the near future, analysts say Real estate brokers and agents, however, have to keep pace with anincreasingly better-informed clientele, because...
Picture this: You're driving to dear old Mom's house one Mother's Day in the not-too-distant future, when you realize you've forgotten to buy a gift. You whip out your PDA (while safely stopped at a red light, of course) and instantly pull up coupons for flowers, spa days and jewelry, all offered by merchants within a 10-minute drive. You stop in ...
eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) said Monday it has set up a charity auction to benefit the families of victims of last week's terrorist attacks on the United States and challenged its massive community to raise US$100 million in 100 days. eBay said it will waive all fees for listings and sales made through the Auction for America. That move will allow all mon...
In Part 1 of this primer for small offline businesses that want to go online, we saw how much planning is involved in making the move, from selecting the inventory that will be sold, to choosing which companies will design and host the site In Part 2, we learn that setting up an e-tail outlet also requires careful consideration of several other det...
Sites offering contests and promotional offers, financial management tools and multi-state lottery information were the newcomers to the Internet's Top 50 Web sites, according to the latest online audience measurement report from Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI), released Monday "What we're seeing is the bigger, traditional firms using the Inter...
Automobile manufacturers are poised to wrestle control of the online car buying marketplace from third-party auto sales sites such as Carpoint.com and Autotrader, according to a report released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI). Although the third-party sites currently draw far more Web visitors than the sites of carmakers themselves, ...
In a normal time, in a normal place, with summer nearly ending, e-tailers would be bracing themselves for the annual nail-biting and teeth-grinding weeks that precede the holiday gift-buying season Will holiday 2001 surpass last year's sales figures? Will struggling e-tailers be able to buy some time and find salvation in a rush of online holiday s...
Sellers hoping to cash in on the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on Tuesday have opened auctions hawking things related to the tragedies, despite bans on such auctions instituted by the two largest online auction sites Both eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and Yahoo! Auctions (Nasdaq: YHOO) posted policies shortly after the attacks banning items from the Wor...
E-commerce service provider Global Sports (Nasdaq: GSPT) continued its expanding ways Friday by announcing its intent to purchase perhaps the leading name in pure-play online luxury sales, Ashford.com (Nasdaq: ASFD) The acquisition is arguably the first of any significance in the e-commerce world since Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the United Stat...
General Motors, Suzuki Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries and Isuzu Motors announced they have formed a joint venture company, Japan Auto Web Services. The first item on the new company's agenda, executives said, is the immediate establishment of BuyPower Japan, an online automotive shopping service. BuyPower will allow Japanese auto buyers to search, ...
In the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks, much of America has come to a stop. From darkened baseball stadiums where pennant races were being played to the world of e-commerce, much of what made up normal daily activity has been put on hold. And experts say it might be a while before things begin to look normal again.
Online retailers, like their brick-and-mortar counterparts, are collecting donations and helping the Red Cross with its effort to recover and aid victims following Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the crash of a hijacked plane in rural Pennsylvania Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) replaced...
Setting up an e-tail outlet is a natural progression for small offline retailers, according to experts, but in order to succeed, retailers need to plan, plan, plan For starters, Gartner research director David Schehr told the E-Commerce Times, retailers need to carefully evaluate whether they are establishing a Web site to better serve old customer...
The gaping hole in the New York City skyline is proofthat America is forever changed. And that scar is a symbol of what all Americans are feeling. It will be impossible to get back to where we were before September 11, 2001. To try would be foolish Suddenly, important things that seemed tomatter so much at one point are no longer important. We have...
Just as every American will forever remember where he or she was on September 11, 2001, the day may also be remembered as the greatest test for technology and the Internet Did the Internet and telecommunication play a major role in the horrific events that unfolded on Tuesday? Indeed they did, and in some cases technology provided the last moments ...
Internet auction leader eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) said late Tuesday it had temporarily haltedtrading in all items related to the World Trade Center or the Pentagon, the scenes of devastating terrorist attacks earlier in the day. The ban on items relating to the attacked locations is an extra measure that San Jose, California-based eBay said it was takin...
Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) will host the Web site for the next two World Cup soccer tournaments under an agreement announced Tuesday with the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Yahoo! said it has exclusive rights to produce, market and host the FIFAworldcup.com site, and will sell site sponsorships, along with FIFA. The deal covers...
Let's face it. Pop-up ads are annoying. Spam is illegal. Offline advertising is so, well, non-interactive. In response, major U.S. advertisers are, one by one, discovering a new approach to Internet marketing. If your spellchecker is not already saturated with buzz words coined in the Internet era, it's time to add this new term: advergaming.
Detailed information and recommendations about products are the most important reasons that customers return to e-tail sites, according to a report released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI). In its report, "Back to Basics: Enhancing User Experience at Low Cost," Jupiter said that 59 percent of those surveyed cited increased product in...
Is the strip-mall travel agent going to go the way ofthe dinosaur? Through the years, many business peoplehave justified their roles as "middlemen"-- and earned their paychecks --by adding value to the space between themerchant and the end-user customer.And perhaps the ultimate middlemanhas been the travel agent....
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