What is the best source of accurate statistics about Internet usage and e-commerce?
NOP surveys for general information, Fletcher Research for in-depth guidance and New Media Age for its aggregated information from a broad range of sources. What is the best way of telling a good web site design agency from a bad one? Check how much experience the agency has. It is a good idea to ask the agency to quote the URL of sites that they have already designed. Look at these sites online and perhaps talk to the companies concerned to see how effective the designs have been for them. A good agency will listen to you, understand your requirement and involve you in the design process to ensure the end result precisely meets your need. Is it better to be part of a “shopping mall” with other retailers from complementary retail areas? This all depends who you are. At this relatively early stage in e-commerce development, the big issues to be overcome with consumers are trust and security; so brand name is more important than anything else. Therefore if you are a brand name now you ca
