Web Commerce Today
Issue 27, October 15, 1999
Theme: Small Business E-Commerce Software
1999 is the year that hundreds of thousands businesses large and small are developing the capability to sell online. This necessitates some kind of shopping cart or store building program. In this issue and the next, I'll be reviewing several shopping cart programs designed for small to medium sized merchants.
Review: Open Market ShopSite SC 4.1
ShopSite is the largest selling shopping cart program of all time. I've built a dozen stores with it and found there's a lot to like. Here's my evaluation.
Are Amazon.com zShops Good for Merchants?
zShops provide a way for merchants to begin selling products on the Web with little or now upfront capital -- and without a Merchant Credit Card Account. But there are some downsides. Read the review.
Comparison of Popular Stores
This comparison chart compares five popular storefront alternatives: Amazon.com zShops, Yahoo! Store, Lycos Stores, iCat Web Store, and ShopSite Manager SC. This article will be published next week as part of Web Marketing Today Links issue, so make sure you're subscribed to that periodical by sending any e-mail message to join-web-marketing@lists.sparklist.com See the comparison chart.
Choosing an Internet Order Fulfillment House
Guest author Art Avery explains where fulfillment houses fit in the product shipping picture, and examines two briefly, high end and low end alternatives. Read the article.
Book Brief: The E-Commerce Book
Short overview of Korper and Ellis' new volume, The E-Commerce Book: Building the E-Empire (Academic Press, 2000). The book contains an overview of the various business and technical processes involved in e-commerce. Read the book brief.
