Found this on the General Magic board about e-commerce. Interesting.
I tried to pass on the url and had trouble before so here is the whole thing.
To: Anthony W. Marks (5913 )
From: MikeY
Saturday, Apr 24 1999 4:19PM ET
Reply # of 5915
New Study: E-Commerce Competition Forces Businesses
To Invent New Money-Making Strategies
The Internet Transforms All Commerce --
And Destroys Traditional Business Models
datacommresearch.com
April 21, 1999 - Chesterfield, Missouri - Internet-based e-commerce will
skyrocket, but only companies that develop and implement entirely new business
models will succeed. That is one of the conclusions of the new 231-page study,
Portals to Profit: E-Commerce Business Models and Enabling
Technologies, released today by Datacomm Research Company and Techvest
International.
"Traditional business models will be replaced by new models based on electronic
information chains," said Michael Hentschel, veteran venture capitalist and principal
author of the report, who identified and analyzed the 20 most significant Internet
e-commerce business models. "The Internet is the most efficient market ever
devised," he adds, "but the inexorable drive towards cost and below-cost pricing
will compel vendors to discover new paths to profit."
"This report demystifies Internet e-commerce," said Ira Brodsky, President of
Datacomm Research. "It explains why sky-high Internet stock valuations are not, in
general, crazy," he adds, "and provides participants with a comprehensive analysis
of how to compete and win in the global, computerized marketplace."
Portals to Profit: E-Commerce Business Models and Enabling
Technologies includes an Executive Summary identifying the key Internet
e-commerce business and technology trends. The section on Business Models
evaluates existing and emerging profit models, including conventional, competitive,
niche and relational models. The Technology section discusses the role of portals,
vertical hubs, meta-search programs, intelligent agents, and knowledge
management systems -- technologies behind what has become the world's largest,
fastest, and most automated market. The Implementation Strategies section looks
at the technology, marketing, and financial components of winning business plans.
The Opportunities section highlights the best candidates for software, hardware,
and services. The report also profiles dozens of companies including Alta Vista,
Amazon, AOL, Barnes & Noble, Buy.com, Cisco, Dell Computer, DoubleClick,
EBay, E*Trade, Fidelity Investments, Gooitech, Intelliseek, Microsoft, Motorola,
Priceline, RealNetworks, Yahoo! and ZiaSun.
Techvest International is a leader in advising and funding high-tech ventures. The
firm specializes in telecommunications and software, two fields rapidly converging
on the Internet. More information is available from the firm's Web site at
www.techvest.com.
Datacomm Research Company is a leader in tracking, analyzing, and forecasting
emerging telecommunication markets. Other Datacomm reports include
Bandwidth Bonanza, IP Insurgency, and CDMA Wireless Business
Opportunities.
Portals to Profit: E-Commerce Business Models and Enabling
Technologies is available for immediate delivery and sells for $1,495.00 (printed
and bound version). Orders may be faxed to (314) 514-9793, phoned to (314)
514-9750, or mailed to Datacomm Research Company, 14318 Millbriar Circle,
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017. The report may also be ordered online from the
firm's Web site at www.datacommresearch.com. Visa, Mastercard, and American
Express accepted.
Additional conclusions found in Portals to Profit: E-Commerce Business
Models and Enabling Technologies:
1.Wireless will extend e-commerce to everywhere business transactions are
conducted; high-speed access will empower merchants and advertisers
through new and richer content. Wireless winners will include two-way
paging, digital mobile telephone services, and Teledesic, the McCaw/Gates
"Internet-in-the-sky" satellite network. High-speed access will enable 3D
representations, avatars, and virtual worlds for a more compelling shopping
experience.
2.The best-capitalized portals and hubs will pull ahead of the pack, using their
stock market valuations to acquire whatever technologies they need. But
there will still be opportunities for small "e-tailers" who add value by helping
customers find what they want. Thus, money and knowledge will become
interchangeable on the Internet.
3.E-commerce will require new business models, engendering much
experimentation. Many businesses will sell products at cost, making money
off advertising, shipping and handling charges, membership fees, cash flow,
or other devices. Keiretsu-like alliances will enable member sites to gain
proximity to favorite destinations and share traffic flow. Auction sites will
evolve further, as intelligent agents turn the entire Internet into a real-time
auction.
4.Mergers of big portals, ISPs, and telecomm access providers will abound.
Big portals will emulate AOL's subscription model. High-speed access
providers will deliver new types of content to captive audiences. ISPs will be
assimilated, becoming less important as standalone entities. Foreign portals
will exploit temporary opportunities -- opportunities that will gradually
disappear as real-time translation software breaks down all language
barriers.
5.Browsers are becoming commodities and, as such, largely irrelevant to
business differentiation. Meta-search technology will undermine search
engines used by leading portals. Personalization technology will benefit
buyers by enabling personal portals and sellers by enabling more precision
ad targeting. Search software suites with intelligent agents will prove key to
data and ad relevancy.
6.The network computer is dead, but the concept of servers renting software
to thin and even zero-footprint clients is not. Middleware will establish
bridges between Web servers and legacy systems. Web-based enterprise
resource planning (ERP) software will play a key role in
business-to-business e-commerce. Software will increasingly migrate to the
Internet.
also check out the table of contents
datacommresearch.com
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