Starting Your Internet Business Today Is Only A Few Clicks Away

	One of the biggest problems facing those who want to start off on the e-business trail is the lack of basic information regarding what e-business is, how to get started, and what factors are involved in doing business online.
This section is designed to help businesses find the information they need, and to get started with e-commerce-and the service is completely free.

E-Commerce Statistics

	Buying and selling on the Internet has become big business. Forester Research estimates that more than $1 trillion in U.S. goods and services will be traded on the Internet by 2002. In 1999, e-commerce was already a $24 billion-a-year business. Consumer only e-commerce is estimated to rise to $75 billion by 2003.
	The number of e-business Web Sites is expected to top 1 million by 2003, up from 700,000 in 1999.(IDC)
	A study by Andersen Consulting indicates that more than 25 percent of the purchase transactions at online stores never go through.

E-Commerce Guideline

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Classifieds
	If you want to put those odds and ends up for sale, you can always check out our classified section.

Auction
	You can also sell your overstock inventory at our auction, where buyers can bid directly on your product.

Clearance
	We can help you to sell its excess inventory in our clearances section.

Catalog
	Take a look at our cataloging service; it is designed to guide you step by step through the process of displaying your product and developing a catalog.

A study by Cahners-Instat Group predicts that 14 million people will purchase Internet access in the States by the end of 2000 and of this number, 43 percent will purchase PC's as Internet access devices.

The surge in use is expected to fuel the domestic Internet access market and revenue from dial-up access alone will be worth USD2.2 billion. Price will remain the most important criteria when choosing an ISP and consumers will generally not swayed by ISPs offering value-added services.

US Internet users are highly educated for the most part, 72 percent of college graduates are online while only 26.7 percent of those with high school education only are online.

Price and complicated technology are no longer serious obstacles to gaining access, and many of those who are not online are simply not interested in the Internet. Cahners In-Stat Group believe that ISPs have to persuade this minority that the Internet is a ‘must-have’ technology.

The gender gap will have well and truly disappeared by the end of 2000 when 49.1 percent of US users will be female. In addition, the study also found that on average consumers spent 12.2 hours online per week.

E-Commerce Consumer Report by FTC

Quotes

"E-Business: A disruptive change in the course of commerce that will reward those who embrace it and punish those who try to avoid it."

-- Business Week

"Online shopping will hit $6 billion this holiday season (1999), with more shoppers and bigger spenders heading online."

-- Jupiter Communications

"More than 40 million US households will shop online by 2003, producing $108 billion in revenues."

-- Forrester Research

"If you own a small company and you're not on line within the next six months, you're heading toward obsolescence and you'll ultimately go out of business."

--Jane Applegate, Small Business Syndicated Writer USA Today

56% of small businesses online today regard the Internet as "essential" to their success.

--Yankee Group

60% of those that accept orders on their websites report sales gains due to their online presence amounting to about 23% of total company sales.

--Forrester Research