Issue #5: e-commerce Part 2

This month's e-ditorial:

How to Start Selling Online: Learn what you need to get up and running, important e-commerce terms, your choices and planning your budget. Here are the basic steps.

BUZZ Bytes

Online Sales Online orders grew by 33.9 percent in the first quarter of 2002; 91.47 million in Q1 2002 compared to 68.29 million in Q1 of 2001. Total online retail sales for year: 2000 - $28.91 billion, 2001 - $35.87 billion, 2002 forecast - $51.48 billion. (BizRate.com) Read the report. Two-thirds of all U.S. adults are now online. 55 % of adults access the Internet from home, 30 % access it from work, almost 20 % say they access it from a school, library, or cyber cafe and some access the Internet from more than one location. (Harris Poll, harrisinteractive.com)