StumpWorld/Alpha/Online Merchant neighbor et al debut e-commerce wares at Comdex....
Small Firms to Get E-Commerce Wares
Turnkey packages for catalog-building and e-commerce will allow just about any company to get on the Net.
SAN FRANCISCO -- "While the electronic commerce spotlight has fallen mostly on products aimed at big businesses, the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas next week will play host to a wealth of new offerings designed to allow smaller companies to set up a storefront on the Web.
Out-of-the box e-commerce packages for small and mid-size businesses will represent a fast-growing market in the coming year, said Chris Shipley, editor of DemoLetter, a newsletter for technology developers.
"Small businesses are moving onto the Internet at a phenomenal rate," Shipley said. "A number of hardware and software companies are offering turnkey packages for catalog-building and e-commerce that will allow just about anybody to get on the 'Net."
Many of the products make use of easy-to-use wizard based interfaces designed to allow even the most technologically inept users to build their own cyberstores.
Here's a glimpse at a few of the new and recently announced products and services on display.
Web Shop
Boomerang Software, in Belmont, Massachusetts, will introduce a new product called Web Shop, a complete e-commerce deployment package that allows companies to create and manage an online storefront, the company said.
Web Shop includes tools for Web site design and software for Web hosting, secure transaction processing, and other capabilities, a company spokesperson said. Due to ship in the United States on December 15, Web Shop will retail for less than $200, said Ken Eppers, director of sales and marketing.
"Once you open the box, within 48 hours you'll be on the Net and doing e-commerce," Eppers said..."
source: © 1998 by James Niccolai, IDG News Service
November 12, 1998, 4:00 a.m. PT pcworld.com |
