When Is "E-commerce" Not E-commerce?

More questions than answers although I have my own, here are some
possibilities :
1.) Are products, a "Store" and purchasing capability criteria for
using the term?
2.) How do users of e-commerce apply the Privacy Protection Act? Many
ventures have their "brick & mortar" in the U.S.A, which makes it
difficult.
3.) On the topic of "Brick & Mortar", is it essential or preferred for
a venture to have an address?
4.) Would you give the time of day to a business that can't cough up a
product, an address or a living person to answer questions to related
problems? Have you called big business lately? All you hear these days
is elevator music and "punch this # for this and that # for that".
5.) Are you surprised that some of the large direct marketing venture
we all know about, are still not using "E-Commerce" to its fullest
potential?

I compare what I have (Amsoil, www.lubedealer.com/hiebert) to what
others are using and it's no wonder that challenges still exist to do
it right.

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 16:54:10 -0500, Rudy Hiebert wrote:
ecommerce simply means selling products online...

There are many ways to sell, directly, as an affiliate, or if you just want
to have people email, fax or call in their orders, that does work, but not
as profitable.

Having brick and mortar, adds to your creditability, for more real-world
ideas and experience, check out <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.internetretailer.com" target="_blank">http://www.internetretailer.com</a> they have a
lot of good information on ecommerce...


 > More questions than answers although I have my own, here are some
 > possibilities :
 > 1.) Are products, a "Store" and purchasing capability criteria for
 > using the term?
 > 2.) How do users of e-commerce apply the Privacy Protection Act? Many
 > ventures have their "brick & mortar" in the U.S.A, which makes it
 > difficult.
 > 3.) On the topic of "Brick & Mortar", is it essential or preferred for
 > a venture to have an address?
 > 4.) Would you give the time of day to a business that can't cough up a
 > product, an address or a living person to answer questions to related
 > problems? Have you called big business lately? All you hear these days
 > is elevator music and "punch this # for this and that # for that".
 > 5.) Are you surprised that some of the large direct marketing venture
 > we all know about, are still not using "E-Commerce" to its fullest
 > potential?
 >
 > I compare what I have (Amsoil, <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.lubedealer.com/hiebert" target="_blank">www.lubedealer.com/hiebert</a>) to what
 > others are using and it's no wonder that challenges still exist to do
 > it right.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->