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Those of us in the Internet industries are accustomed to finding common cause in times of controversy. On issues of liberty or taxation your interests and those of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) are usually the same interest But now ISPs are on the warpath against AT&T and I have to ask whether it's in the interests of e-commerce houses to st...
Shares of discount retailer CyberShop (Nasdaq: CYSP) are rocketing ahead in early trading today, after the company announced the launch of its online auction service, CyberShop Auctions. At about 10 a.m. ET, CyberShop stock was trading up 2-5/8 to 13-1/2, nearly 25 percent higher than Thursday's close CyberShop, which sells brand-name products at d...
GUESS?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) the famous Jeans and casual clothing manufacturer is making another foray into the world of online shopping with a trendy, too-cool-not-to-shop Web site aimed at Generation X. The newly redesigned site, www.guess.com, blends e-commerce, fashion, information and cutting-edge multimedia in an interactive environment. Definitely worth seeing...
One of the most popular, and evidently profitable, aspects of e-commerce is subscription-based adult content -- a far cry from the well-publicized business of mainstream online stores like Amazon.com and Dell, but nonetheless a growing segment of the online shopping market. These days, the shadowy adult content industry is emerging into the spotlight, boosted by reports of exploding revenues derived from Internet consumers...
Shares of online auction house eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and America Online (NYSE: AOL) stormed ahead in early trading today after the companies announced a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the four-year deal, eBay, a rumored acquisition target of AOL, will pay AOL $75 million (US$) in exchange for promotion on AOL's network of sites and services...
In response to industry-wide concerns over the fate of Netscape, which has been acquired by America Online, AOL issued a statement on Wednesday, which appears to be aimed at countering industry criticism over a possible loss of Netscape's independent identity and ability to innovate Succinctly stated, Netcenter, Communicator and Mozilla will live o...
CyberSource Corporation, a provider of e-commerce transaction services, announced this week that has enhanced its eTransaction SuiteSM to include the Internet's first real-time delivery address verification service The new capability enables web merchants to reduce losses due to shipping address errors, which could exceed $135 million (US$) this ye...
USATODAY.com, which describes itself as "the number one general interest news site on the Internet," has announced several significant electronic commerce deals with leading online commerce companies. New agreements signed within the first two months of 1999 alone will yield close to $5 million (US$) in revenue this year for USATODAY.com The new In...
People ask me all the time, what's the one thing I can do now to grow my Internet business? My answer is simple and direct. Answer your e-mail! Answer it now and answer it well. Everyone who e-mails you is looking for an excuse to buy from you, or looking for a reason to trust you. If you give them answers, they'll give you money....
In an attempt to raise brand awareness and online sales, Dell Computer announced Tuesday that it has started an affiliate program that will allow other Web sites to earn commissions on sales by linking to Dell's home page. Right now, Dell says its online sales are about 25 percent of its total sales -- reportedly about $14 million (US$) a day -- and the goal is to double the percentage of online sales...
High-speed ISP Concentric Network Corp. (Nasdaq: CNCX) and CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH), the well-known online payment processing company, announced that they have signed an agreement to join forces to provide a new e-commerce offering for small to medium-sized companies The agreement will enable Concentric to deliver an integrated solution desig...
CDnow (Nasdaq: CDNWD), the leading music e-commerce company, announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with First USA, the world's largest Visa credit card issuer. The alliance makes First USA the exclusive credit card issuer on CDnow, giving First USA significant online advertising and marketing exposure throughout the store Under the...
America Online does not have a good record when buying Web software companies. (Remember Navisoft?) So now that its acquisition of Netscape Communications Inc. is complete, there may be reason for those of us in e-commerce to be nervous For better or worse, Netscape remains the chief competitive threat to Microsoft when it comes to the software you...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) announced Monday that the companies have partnered to make IBM's e-business and e-commerce solutions available to the more than 92 million users of Novell's Netware operating system It was a busy day for Novell, which also announced on Monday that it has released a new Internet caching system for e-commerce...
Online publisher CNET, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired KillerApp, Corp. in a stock deal valued at approximately $46 million (US$). KillerApp, Corp. owns and operates KillerApp.com, an e-commerce site which provides online comparison shopping services for computer and consumer electronics products CNET already operates ...
After seeming to drop in, then lipping-out like a 3-foot putt on a Saturday's golf at Nassau, the Dow Jones Industrial Average powered through the 10,000 level March 19 like it wasn't even there. What does the new record mean for electronic commerce? For one thing, it means the trends that made billions of dollars for shareholders in eBay, Amazon, ...
PaymentNet Inc., an industry leader in outsourced e-commerce payment processing, announced that it has signed an agreement with EC Direct, under which the Web e-commerce services company will incorporate PaymentNet's enterprise-class payment processing services into its EConductorTM service offering EC Direct currently names NBC, Audio Highway, U.S
VeriSign Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), a leading provider of e-commerce security services, unveiled a new series of Web site services that include 24x7 Web site performance monitoring, expanded availability of 128-bit Global Server digital certificates, expanded NetSure warranty coverage up to $250,000 (US$), guaranteed 2-day certificate delivery, and discounts on Certified Web Security training...
Shares of popular women's network iVillage soared 233 percent on the stock's first day of trading on Friday, closing up 56-1/8 to 80-1/8. This climb was even more dramatic than it seemed. The initial public offering was originally priced at $12 (US$), but massive interest doubled the offering price. The stock was as high as $100 on Friday "There's ...
The recent explosion in e-commerce has made it increasingly clear that a big change for brick-and-mortar retailing looms just around the corner. A new study conducted by Greenfield Online, Inc., indicates that online sales have already begun to take a bite out of offline sales, at least among Internet-savvy shoppers The big surprise, however, is th...
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