Doing Business on the Internet:
secure transactions, safety issues

Handout: Getting your own domain

  The process of getting a domain name

Searching for business statistics/Internet Demographics:

NUA Surveys
Internet and Business statistics/trends--click on "Nua Surveys"
http://www.nua.ie/

Finding local businesses:

Yahoo Regional
Use to find business web sites in a certain region--click on Regional from Yahoo's main page and navigate to the region.
http://www.yahoo.com/
Yahoo Yellow Pages
Use to find business phone numbers or availability in a certain region--change to that region first.
http:/yp.yahoo.com/

Business Use of the Internet--secure transactions and adapting an existing business to work online

Bank of America
Get your bank statements online, pay your bills online.
http://www.bofa.com/
First USA/ Bank One
View your credit card statement online. Set up direct debit to your checking account so that you can pay your credit card statement with one click (goes through in two days).
http://www.firstusa.com/
Tom Bihn's web site
Assessing credibility of an online storefront. How to tell if a transaction is secure.
http://www.tombihn.com/

Businesses that didn't exist until the Internet

Ebay
Excellent online auction site
http://www.ebay.com/
Amazon.com
Online bookstore.
http://www.amazon.com/