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.
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 found a site offering free annual reports for public companies online. This resource is helpful for researching financial statements and corporate history without the need for physical copies or paid databases.
Amazon cut technology costs by $17 million by migrating from proprietary systems to Linux. This early example demonstrates the massive financial impact of adopting open-source infrastructure at an enterprise scale for e-commerce operations.
I found a collection of "abused" Amazon images showing creative and unintended uses of the platform's product photo system. These examples highlight the early web's quirks and how users subverted standard e-commerce visuals for humor.
I'm tracking Stephen King's experiment with self-publishing The Plant online in dollar installments. By bypassing traditional publishers and relying on an honor-system payment model, he's testing whether direct digital distribution is viable for authors.