How do they match: Online Merchants

  • Participate in online forums or conferences to stay abreast of online retailing trends, techniques, or security threats.
  • Promote products in online communities through weblog or discussion-forum postings, e-mail marketing programs, or online advertising.
  • Receive and process payments from customers, using electronic transaction services.
  • Select and purchase technical web services, such as web hosting services, online merchant accounts, shopping cart software, payment gateway software, or spyware.

  • Collect payments for goods or services.