INTERNET BUSINESS MODELS AND E-COMMERCE CASE STUDIES

This letter is an addition to our business plan guide, with a collection of various business models links and is very useful in helping you to determine what's working and what's not.

To give you further clues, we have included with this letter also a few b2b or b2c e-commerce case studies -- in other words tested, but not necessarily successful real-world business models. All of them are ready you to evaluate.

Our listed business models are not only useful for the Net, but also for non-Internet related business as well. So take a closer look to our comprehensive link collections below. Some of the links include also detailed reports and presentations:

• The Proven Internet Business Models
• Business Models for the Web
• Defining the e-Business Model (Detailed White Paper)
• Business models of news Web sites: A survey of empirical trends and expert opinion ("..The examination here yields eight business models that describe more or less comprehensively the commercial approaches to online news. Using the models, I review the secondary literature to see what has worked, what trends have emerged, and what the experts expect. Approximately 300 articles were reviewed.." - Detailed!)
• Five Business Models of eCommerce
• Business Models - Methods and Quality
• E-Commerce case studies
• Online Business Models (Case Studies)
• Internet Business Models ("..This article explores some successful Internet companies..")
• Creating a business model for E-commerce
• Product or Services? The Internet Infrastructure's Battling Business Models
• From Strategies to Business Models ("..It's hard to pinpoint when exactly "business model" supplanted "business strategy" in the managerial lexicon, but it seems clear that the shift began about four or five years ago
• E-Commerce Business Models: Business Models that have Succeeded and Business Models that have Failed - International Case Studies
• Internet Business Models ("..This report examines the impact of the Internet on business models and reviews the different types of business models companies use when employing the Internet for sales. It includes modified traditional models as well as some of the more innovative new ones..")
• eBusiness Model Library (Direct Sales Model/Affiliate Model/eCommerce Hubs/Trading Exchange Model)
• Newspapers find success with online classifieds ("..The Business Models study is a first in a series of online classifieds reports...")
• Business Models ("..Everyone's talking about online commerce, but who's actually doing it--and how? Where do the revenues come from, where do the expenses go, and where do payment and delivery take place?...")
• Award-Winning Business Models ("..What does an online printing company have in common with an online travel company (besides being web-based)? For one thing, both recently won the Successful Internet Business Model award. But the similarity goes beyond being recognized as leaders in the Internet industry. There are a number of other similarities that hint at specific techniques..")
• The Right Business Model - Case Study
• B2B Business Models Evolve (Article)
• New Music Business Models (Article)
• Profitable Internet Business Models - Doom and Bloom?
• Best Intentions - A Business Model for the E-Economy
• Five Online Business Models ("..Before you take any tangible steps toward establishing your company's Web presence, you must first determine what you're trying to achieve by going online, and then you must develop an appropriate strategy to help you reach your goals...")
• Analyzing the Taxonomy of Internet Business Models Using Graphs ("..Not only did the World Wide Web expedite the arrival of the information age in the last decade, it had also inspired a business revolution. Internet business, despite its infancy, has bred an unprecedented number of creative Internet business models (IBMs). Given that there are many creative models, there still lacks a universal well-defined IBM taxonomy. It is a tremendous challenge to create a universal taxonomy for these business models..." - Detailed)
• From free to paying Internet services - Business models examined (Detailed article)
• Place-To-Space Business Models: Will They Guide Managers To Success In Ecommerce Today? A Review of Place to Space -- Migrating to eBusiness Models
• and more...