I highlight how e-commerce initiatives within established companies thrived even as dot-coms went bust. Early 2001 research shows e-commerce budgets significantly outpaced general IT spending despite the broader market downturn.
I recommend the Electronic Commerce Resource Center as a comprehensive directory for e-commerce, while suggesting Digital Commerce Center and internet.com for more in-depth articles and news on the industry.
I highlight Fortune's six-part series analyzing the dot-com bubble's collapse alongside the FTC's guide to 'dot cons,' which identifies the top ten scams used to exploit early internet users for quick profits.
I'm following the rise of sites documenting dot-com bankruptcies, such as FuckedCompany and StartupFailures. The prevailing skepticism of the era is perfectly captured by tools like the web economy bullshit generator.
Track the early movement by OECD nations to tax the digital economy following the dot-com crash. These efforts established the initial framework for international e-commerce regulation and modern internet fiscal policies.
Be careful with online payments following reports of a Russian hacker breaching 40 companies, an attack on an Amazon subsidiary, and critical security vulnerabilities discovered in IBM’s Net.Commerce e-commerce platform.