- Electronic Software Delivery for independent vendors from TestDrive, head over to Test Drive and learn more about their products and services. Especially useful for an independent programmer or small company with a good program/application which they would like to bring to market.

- The ECRC for Small Business was recognized in the June issue of Entrepreneur Magazine as a good on-line resource for Small Businesses.

The History of the Net - A master's thesis on the Internet from 1993.

Quick review of the Internet and Electronic Commerce - A brief review of the growth of the Internet and factors influencing electronic commerce over the Web.

The Future of Internet Commerce: Building the Imarket - Powerpoint presentation on the past present and future of electronic commerce via the Internet.

The Strategic Challenges Of Electronic Commerce - Authors: Derek Miers, Graham Hutton - Enix Consulting Limited - Interesting paper on the Commerce and the Internet.

GVU WWW User Survey - Excellent and most comprehensive resource of who is using the Web, and what they are using it for. Many graphs and charts.

InterNIC - The place to go to register your own domain name (com, org, net, etc...) Search their database to see if the name you desire is already taken. Search by entering the name you desire, followed by the correct suffix (com for company / org for organization / i.e. cool.com / helpinghand.org)

Electronic Commerce Calendar - Calendar maintained at EC World. Kept up to date with all the latest happenings.

RSA Security's SET Central - Articles and Press Releases on the latest happenings with the SET Specification. (Last update - June 1996)

What is SET? - Easy to understand overview of how SET works from IBM.

ActiveSecurity - ActiveSecurity provides comprehensive Internet Security Audits that help you identify and repair security risks.

W3 Security Overview Page - This page contains links to various information pertaining to security on the World Wide Web.

Visa - Go to the bottom of the first page click on the "Tomorrow" link
from tomorrow click on the "Electronic Commerce" link
from there scroll down a bit and click on "SET Specification".

Mastercard - Information from Mastercard on their vision of electronic commerce. Info on SET can be found throughout the site.

RSA Security FAQ - From the leader in computer security, answers to all your security questions. Ex. What is Cryptography?.

SET Overview - An overview of the SET transactions protocol from IBM. Includes a vision for future uses of the SET technology.

WWW Security Frequently Asked Questions - Questions and answers to a variety of security questions. Excellent resource.

Netscape's Security Information - Well organized security resource.

SSL Protocol - Information from Netscape on their Secure Sockets Layer Protocol. Version 3.0 was proposed March, 1996.

RSA's FAQ on Cryptography. - Here you will find answers to all the questions you have about cryptography, encryption and security on the Internet.

enterWorks - Their suite of software products for electronic commerce enable business to be conducted efficiently and securely over the Internet.

Simply Secure - specializing in internet ordering systems for small to medium-sized businesses.  Check out their secure server demo.

Definition - What is a digital certificate? A quick and concise overview on digital certificates. Short and easy reading - newbies who want to understand authentication should read this.

Digital Certificates & Trust - Good article from emmerce magazine on the problems currently facing widespread implementation of digital certificates.

Digital Signature Links - links to digital signature legislation (enacted or pending), policy, technical standards, initiatives, and other related information which can be found on the Internet.

World Registry - IBM authentication services. Read all about their Certification products and how it helps to ensure the safety of electronic transactions.

Verisign - Verisign provides digital certificates to authenticate your identification. For more information on digital certificates go the the Info Center.

If you are familiar with digital certificates and still need to get one go to the Digital ID Center.

COST Computer Security Technologies - COST-CA is the complete system of network servers and corresponding network protocols needed to perform all certification services in the global Internet network.

Certification Authority Guidelines in Japan - Guide for establishing a certificate authority in Japan.

Authentication archives - EFF "Privacy - Crypto- Digital Signature, ID & Authentication" Archive.

Checkfree - Checkfree also provides consumers with wallets for making secure credit card purchases. (Wallet is free)

Mondex - Mondex's position on commerce and info on their smart card technology. Mondex was primarily designed as an alternative means of payment to cash in the physical market place, it can also offer the Internet user a payment option that meets these needs in the virtual marketplace.

Mondex USA - Consortium of American companies adopting the Mondex standard for development of Smart Card technology her in the U.S.

InfoDial - home of Cashier^TM and Internet Checks. CashierTM is InfoDial's Electronic Commerce System that allows you to combine shopping carts with transaction processing . Visitors to your website can fill up their virtual baskets with goods from your site, and buy them directly online, via credit card or by check. The order is received by you via email, and you can then send the customer their purchase. The customer can check the status of his order online, and the system lets both you and him know whether or not the transaction was approved.

Internet$ - The Internet Dollar is a new tool for paying for things on the Web. Not many vendors signed up yet so, be careful.

Cybercash - Cybercash provides consumer with wallets for secure credit card purchasing over the Internet. They also provide merchants with the software they need to accept Cybercash payments.

First Virtual - First Virtual's e-mail payment system conducts the transaction entirely off-line. They charge a consumers credit cards off line, after the consumer confirms a purchase via e-mail.

Mini-Pay - IBM's micropayment technology. MiniPay is a set of modules and protocols which implement a complete and secure payment solution for `pay cent per click' applications. Here you can find The Sub-$ Registry. - A listing of various micropayment development efforts currently underway.

NetBill - A dependable, secure and economical payment method for purchasing digital goods and services through the Internet. Developed by the folks at Carnegie Mellon. NetBill is currently in alpha testing at Carnegie Mellon University only.

Millicent - Digital's micro payment designed for purchases costing fractions of a cent. Millicent (patent pending) is a lightweight and secure protocol for electronic commerce over the Internet. As a microcommerce system, Millicent is designed to support purchases costing fractions of a cent.

Digicash's Ecash - Information about Digicash's E-cash, an electronic form of money. E-cash is currently in a trial period and under evaluation.

NetChex - Internet check payment system, an extension of your traditional checking account.

Joint Electronic Payment Initiative - Multi industry project to develop an Internet payment negotiation protocol. (Currently under development)
Get the latest JEPI Progress Report from Commerce Net.

NetCash - E-mail based payment system, allows merchants and their customers for the first time to conduct and conclude cash transactions over the Internet in an easy, natural and secure way.

Electronic Payment Schemes - List of other payment proposals, many smaller, lesser known ones can be found here.

Inex Corp. - INEX Corporation is committed to demystifying electronic commerce by making its plug-and-play solutions widely available to any organization that wishes to do business over the Internet, securely and effectively.

GE Trade Web - GE TradeWeb is a forms-based, entry-level Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) service for small businesses and organizations. This service will enable your business or organization to electronically exchange business documents with your trading partners using a personal computer, Internet Web Browser and the productivity tools accessed via this web site.

Internet TradeLine - Internet Tradeline, Inc. offers electronic commerce solutions tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. These solutions use the Internet for communicating product information, making corporate presentations, and conducting business transactions.

AT&T Easy Commerce Services - Total on-line solutions for your business from AT&T. AT&T EasyCommerce Services is a family of global services that can address your specific business challenges. The pricing can be confusing, so be sure to get all the details.

IBM Internet CommercePOINT - Information on IBM's electronic commerce offerings and initiatives. IBM offers a variety of options for helping you get set up on-line, and the site is easy to understand.

Open Market - Open Market provides software products that are used to develop the infrastructure for Internet commerce. Their unique approach provides a number of benefits: scalability, content flexibility, lower entry and maintenance costs, and enhanced security. They put secure Internet commerce within the reach of businesses of all types. See also Open Market Partners - Open Market offers integrated solutions through a number of leading Internet service providers. Locate one near you.

Netscape's Merchant System - Netscape Merchant System provides firms with the ability to set up and manage their own storefronts on the Internet and other IP networks. This software solution appeals to a broad range of firms, including large mail-order catalogers and retailers, as well as telecommunication service providers looking to expand and complement the range of services they are providing for their business customers. Netscape Commerce Server is their high-performance server software for conducting secure electronic commerce and communications on the Internet and other TCP/IP-based networks.

Microsoft's Commerce Page - Microsoft® Site Server, Enterprise Edition, includes Commerce Server, the new name for the follow-on release of Microsoft Merchant Server 1.0, and provides comprehensive functionality for commerce-enabling Web sites. It includes built-in server components and tools for rapidly deploying and managing commerce applications—business-to-consumer and business-to-business.

ICat Corporation - Catalog creation and order processing for electronic commerce.

ICentral Inc. - the makers of electronic commerce software for the small-to-medium business. Their ShopSite Manager is an online catalog creation and management system priced at $495. The ShopSite system is supposed to be so easy, a novice could master it.

MindTheStore - Software solutions for fully integrated electronic commerce. Sales, Accounting, Inventory, and Secure ordering.

Saqqara - Publishers of electronic catalogs. See their step search products in action at AMP and HP.

Americart! - A graphical shopping cart service requiring no CGI on the merchant's server. Secure encryption for credit card numbers.

Dynamo Retail Station - Dynamo Retail Station is the robust storefront management environment for businesses that want to rapidly build, customize and manage feature-rich, online storefronts. Dynamo Retail Station dynamically delivers catalog content and promotional programs to create compelling, personalized shopping experiences. It integrates easily with existing databases and order-processing systems to enable maximum flexibility.

FutureStore - FutureStore is a new electronic catalog system developed for fast, easy, and secure online commerce Check out their demo stores.

Pryzon - The Pryzon™ system is designed to provide a cost effective total solution Internet merchandising system.

WebCart - Simple and inexpensive shopping cart software for merchants (Easy to use).

GoldPaint - Another shopping cart mechanism.

NetCat - Internet catalog, ordering and quotation system.

Netlink's Virtual Shopping Cart - Combines with CyberCash to form a complete secure commerce solution for merchants.

ShopCart - A Shopping cart service that merchants can pay for on a monthly basis.

Credit Card Network - $300 set-up fee - they process your credit orders for you.

Netscape's IStore - Cost effective, entry level solution for merchants to set up shop on the Web.

CBDNet - Free, government sponsored access to the Commerce Business Daily. Stop paying for access through some silly service, start accessing it today for free!

Dept. of Defense ED/EDI Interchange - Information on commerce with DOD. Information here on registering as a trading partner with the Government. Lots of links to other electronic commerce information related to the government.

Commerce in the Federal Arena - Links to various information sources related to Electronic Commerce and the Federal Government.

Finance Net - Government e-mail listservs about procurement activity and electronic commerce with the federal government.

DOD Electronic Commerce Page - Information from the Dept. of Defense about their electronic commerce initiatives. The DOD also provides some useful Resources on electronic commerce and EDI.

NASA Office of Procurement Home - NASA Acquisition Internet Service is implementing the first phase of their electronic commerce Internet strategy. Lots of information, solicitations, and procurement regulations.

Electronic Commerce Resource Center's - Regional Centers promoting the understanding and adoption of electronic commerce. Funded by the DOD.

U.S. Business Advisor - Guide on doing business with the U.S. Government

FedCenter - Commercial site, but their Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Section is free.

SIMAP - European Commission (EU) project promoting the introduction of electronic procurement and electronic commerce in Europe. See their Pilot Projects.

A Global Marketplace for SME's - G7 project with an overall objective of facilitating increased competitiveness and participation in global trade for SME's. Secondary objective is to expand global electronic commerce to help SME's operate more efficiently and profitably.

Electronic Commerce Discussion Lists - Related to the G7 Pilot on A Global Marketplace for SME's. Lists touch on a variety of Commerce related topics: General Commerce, Security, Privacy, Electronic Transactions, etc...

Global Information Network for SME's - Network for information dissemination and sharing among SME's throughout the world. (Piece of the Global Marketplace for SME's project).

Developing European SME's to fight their marginalisation (DEUS) - [No Frames version] Project which aims to create an interoperable information exchange system for SME's. Sponsored by the six main Chambers of Commerce in Europe and the European Multimedia Forum.

EuroPay - Europay International has been at the forefront of developments to ensure safe and convenient payment in cyberspace. This section answers some commonly asked questions and provides insight into how technology is evolving to expand payment options and purchasers on the Internet.

Commerce Net - Industry consortium leading the way in research and commerce development. Look at their SECTS demonstration. (Secure Electronic Commerce Technology Showcase)

Center for Electronic Commerce - Research and projects designed to improve supply chain integration.

Web Commerce - Up to date information on all the latest Internet and Electronic Commerce news. Replaces Interactive Age Daily from CMP.

Making Money on the Web - Report from the archives of Interactive Age Daily.

Doing Business Online (Special Report) - Financial Times December report on the state of doing business over the Web. You must register to view this article!!

The Color of Virtual Money - A Ziff-Davis editor's spin on the commerce revolution and payment mechanisms. Short overview of competing payment schemes.

emmerce - The webzine for electronic commerce strategists, from Computerworld. Check out their Buzz with the top commerce headlines from the past two weeks.

News.com - Search with keywords Electronic Commerce, E-cash, and Digital Money to get the latest news stories in these areas. Provides links to related articles.

Journal of Computer Mediated Communication - Special Electronic Commerce Issue

EC World - On-line journal for electronic commerce. Check out their Resource Directory

Keys to Electronic Commerce - Periodical on doing business securely on the Internet. Read through the back issues.

Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce - Good source of article discussing various issues related to commerce and banking over the Internet.

Buyer's Guide to Electronic Commerce - Listing of electronic commerce product and service providers. (This Web site uses with Frames)

VirtualVinyards - Purveyor of fine wines and gourmet foods. One of the first and best on-line shopping experiences.

CDNow - CD's on the Internet (one of the many stores that sell CD's).

Godiva - Chocolates and other goodies.

Future Fantasy / Amazon - Online Bookstore's

OnSale - Online Auction of computer products and accessories.

HotHotHot - The Web's finest hot sauce shop. Huge selection of hot sauces.

Marshall - Large distributor of industrial electronic components and production supplies. This is an excellent web site, be sure to have a look.

PCOrder - PCOrder allows you to configure the PC as you would like it and compare prices. You must understand the configuration you desire before shopping.

Newspage - Newspage offers organized news stories, you can see a brief, but you gotta pay for the full article.

All-Internet Shopping Directory - A giant directory of all the good shopping sites available on the Internet. Neatly organized and indexed, easy to use.

Netscape's Galleria - Ever growing list of companies using Netscape servers. Companies using secure servers have a key next to them.

WiseWire - Agent technology which learns your interests. Their advanced learning technology delivers Web pages, news, feature stories, and newsgroup articles on topics that interest you.

Starpoint Software - Personalization technologies. Both Web sites and Castanet channels can include StarPoint's powerful personalization technology which allows content providers to automatically deliver advertising and content tailored to individual users.

brightware - Customer-Direct Selling on the Net. BrightResponse, which is currently in beta test, attempts to analyze the content of an incoming query to see whether it's one of the "frequently asked questions" for which it already has answers. If so, it sends an automated response; if not, it forwards the question to customer representatives. Brightware is a spin-off of artificial intelligence technology vendor Inference Corp.

Net Perceptions, Inc. - The GroupLens toolkit incorporates a patent-pending technology called Adaptive Prediction(TM). Adaptive Prediction technology utilizes a library of tunable algorithms to provide on demand predictions and recommendations.

Transaction Net - A variety of links to electronic commerce resources and economic theories.

WizNet - The Purchasing Extranet provides catalogs from thousands of suppliers and manufacturers for sourcing and engineering professionals and worldwide trade professionals. It is solely dedicated to business-to-business industrial purchasing and provides expanded reach to manufacturers.

Rowland's Guide to EDI in DC - Informative site related to EDI with the Federal Government and a variety of Electronic Commerce links.

Bargain Finder - Intelligent Agent searches Internet stores for deals and comparison shopping.

Agents In Commerce - Site with links to papers and companies related to the use of agents with electronic commerce.

A Business Researcher's Interest - Electronic Commerce and Markets pages. Lots of links to related information

Texas One Electronic Commerce Introduction - Simple introduction to electronic commerce and some definitions of related terms.

Project 2000 - Research Program on Marketing in Computer Mediated Environments

Internet and Web use in the United States - Paper examines the various studies of Web use in the U.S. Provides excellent insight to the end user audience of the Internet (long paper).

Electronic Commerce courses - Another list of EC courses, this one maintained at M.I.T in conjunction with an Electronic Commerce and Marketing class.