Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Altaba Inc. (formerly Yahoo) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: marion (Hijacked) who wrote (16074)	12/18/1998 10:58:00 AM
From: dlc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

If you like YHOO check out BYND. It is run by the former VP of marketing for Amazon. They are going to become the Amazon of software sales.

To: marion (Hijacked) who wrote (16074)	12/19/1998 1:11:00 PM
From: John G. Mueller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

To Marion in response to your post about present Yahoo online store pricing at $300 per year; and to all: (my honest opinion as a small shareholder of Yahoo, and a IT professional with a retail background, and 35 years in the Market) I am equally gassed but loving the market gyrations on Internet stocks. This is The Game! The whole world in changing before our eyes (those that care to look) and money is flowing into the most promising frontiers of commerce which is only natural. The price of internet poker will go up as the pot increases. And the pot is mushrooming! The etail winners will be those with "customer friendly" web sites and the retail smarts to have what people want at a price they are willing to pay plus the necessary back office shipping and inventory control to make it all work and profitable. Email notices with coupons will notify shoppers of bargains or reward old customers with discounts. All very fast and easy and CHEAP! Merchandise can be displayed on its own merits without being drowned by shoddy merchandising and dis-interested sales staff. IT professionals will become more important than lawyers, and old time retail pros in demand again. (After being thrown to the wolves by take-over wizards) Also I am sure that Yahoo will never forsake all those small stores wishing to link to it but certain stores will gain (purchase or earn) special status. You'll more likely see their goods when you scroll through the options and you'll most likely order with confidence from those that have many listings. That's shopping search is very choice display space they are now giving away and as a shareholder, I think I should get a little something in return. This is not a new idea, it's just that everything on the Internet use to be free or nearly so. This pot is going up and etail will storm the bad merchants out there in retail land. I wouldn't be long any traditional merchants now and some are way "over-owned" in my opinion. (like ANF 81% owned by institutions and looking worse than a garage sale, all to ear-piercing music played to a fickle teenage customer base that must have massive low self-esteem problems- the old ANF stores were CLASS personified and would make fantastic Internet emporiums) Also consider that Yahoo has a huge growing universe of members and in place right now the following software; Gaming(casino), Retailing (etail), Stock Market(electronic-trading); Auctions plus much more. It is just a matter of time before they start dealing with Yahoo bucks in Yahoo wallets. Countries have been started with less. John Better never than late