Year 2000 E-Commerce Predictions
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E-SERVICES NEWS
ToC

• Wells Fargo service to make online ordering easier
• Canadian Firm Unveils Insurance For E-Shoppers
• Juno Offers E-Mail Users Free Web Access
• Shopping by Bar Code
• DHL to unveil system to calculate tariff, duty fees
• Startup Takes Outsourcing to New Levels
• When Shopping Bots Go Bad
• eWonders.com Launches E-Shopping Guide
• Barnesandnoble delivers -- by bicycle?

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Wells Fargo service to make online ordering easier
Wells Fargo & Co. said on Monday it planned to offer a "digital wallet" that will let customers avoid filling out order forms at thousands of retailers when shopping online.

• Media Central

• http://www.mediacentral.com/channels//inetecomm/12_06_1999.reutr-story-N06342738.html

Canadian Firm Unveils Insurance For E-Shoppers
$ECURE-IT-e, a new service that promises to to secure credit card transactions made over the Internet, added a new wrinkle to the e-holiday shopping season by launching its Web site earlier this week.

• E-Commerce Times

• http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/991208-2.shtml

Juno Offers E-Mail Users Free Web Access
Millions of users of Juno Online Services' free e-mail service now are being offered free Net access. What's the catch? Ads.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8398,00.html

Shopping by Bar Code
BarPoint.com on Monday launched a Web site that allows consumers to compare the prices of goods and call up a host of information using a product's bar code.

• Wired News

• http://wired.lycos.com/news/technology/0%2C1282%2C32882%2C00.html

DHL to unveil system to calculate tariff, duty fees
DHL Airways is offering a way for companies to log onto its Web site to learn what tariffs, taxes or duties a foreign government may charge before it ships goods internationally.

• CNET

• http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1497293.html

Startup Takes Outsourcing to New Levels
Escalate, an 11-month-old "white box" e-commerce firm led by startup artist Keng Lee, unveils list of customers.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8101,00.html

When Shopping Bots Go Bad
Our test finds major comparison shopping engines get it wrong.

• PC World

• http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0%2C1510%2C14401%2C00.html

eWonders.com Launches E-Shopping Guide
Does the online world need yet another guide to online shopping? eWonders.com Inc. thinks so, and has launched as a comprehensive e-shopping guide "to assist online shoppers who are frustrated and confused by the number of merchants and amount of product information on the Internet."

• Internet News

• http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0%2C1087%2C4_259011%2C00.html

Barnesandnoble delivers -- by bicycle?
Attempting to get a leg up on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble is experimenting with same-day delivery of book orders.

• ZDNet

• http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2402291%2C00.html

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