Billboards on the Information Superhighway: A Survey of Commercial Activities on the Internet

Thomas I. M. Ho

Department of Computer Technology

IUPUI

AN ANECDOTE

Tupperware

Amway

WHO'S ONLINE?

Lands' End

Internet Shopping Network

Wal-Mart Online

Target.com

INDUSTRY GROUPS

TechSavvy (formerly Industry.Net)

PartNet

Chemdex

Covisint (automotive industry)

CORPORATE PRESENCE

Dotcom Directory

ZDNet Company Finder (for "high-tech" companies)

Interesting Business Sites on the Web (less than 50)

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHERS

Nando.net

Mercury Center

Pathfinder (Time Inc. NO longer supports this page!)

Newsweek.com

Financial Services

Aggregation services

Yodlee

VerticalOne

Securities and Investments

Fidelity Investments

Charles Schwab

E*TRADE

Merrill Lynch

Quicken.com

TAX

Income Tax Information Available on the Internet

Computing And Filing Your Taxes Online (Boardwatch Magazine, April 1995)

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore

Banking

CompuBank (FREE!)

First Internet Bank of Indiana

WingspanBank.com

Fifth Third Bank

Wells Fargo & Company (Wells Fargo Bank)

American Express Membership B@nking

DBS Bank (Singapore)

Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union TARA Web

BILL PAYMENT

Yahoo! Bill Pay

electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP)

CREDIT

MasterCard

Visa

American Express

Discover Card

INSURANCE

InsWeb

Insurance News Network

COOPERATIVE EFFORTS & CONSORTIA

U. S. government

CommerceNet

DIRECTORIES & CLEARINGHOUSES ("yellow pages")

The Internet Mall

Compare.Net

Ameritech Internet Yellow Pages

Comparison guides

WWW RESOURCES

internet.com's Guide to Electronic Commerce

Vendor Ratings

Education Resources

Thomas I. M. Ho

tho@iupui.edu

11 Jan 2001