2008-05-23T11:16:29-07:00 Practical Ecommerce info@practicalecommerce.com http://www.practicalecommerce.com/ Copyright 2007 Confluence Publishing DBA Practical Ecommerce http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/396/Is-The-Mobile-Web-Right-For-Your-Ecommerce-Business/#comment11587 2008-05-23T11:16:29-07:00

It is in deed a very useful appliance the mobile phone has become, its benefits are all over the world and e-transaction have been the modern way in businesses ..

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/396/Is-The-Mobile-Web-Right-For-Your-Ecommerce-Business/#comment4320 2007-12-07T09:55:57-07:00

It seems that there is a major service not mentioned here, which is the use of a cell phone in point of sale transactions instead of cash or credit card. These services, such as www.mycashmobile.com, can also be used to complete online transactions with greater security than using the Internet, as payments are billed the same way 900 numbers are billed- through the phone billing system.

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/396/Is-The-Mobile-Web-Right-For-Your-Ecommerce-Business/#comment3406 2007-08-01T13:55:41-07:00

Just a quick comment. It seems unfair that the article mentions Google and Yahoo, but not AdMob (http://www.admob.com) which is the incumbent in the mobile advertisement space. It also seems unfair that W3C standards, dotMobi and DIAL are mentioned without mentioning WURFL (http://wurfl.sourceforge.net), WALL (http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/java/tutorial.php) and GAP (http://www.passani.it/gap/), which let developers support a much wider range of devices than the other initiatives, and which have been freely available to developers all of this time (an estimated 62% mobile sites/portals in GSM run on WURFL-based solutions. zero% runs on DIAL to the best of my knowledge). Apart from that...Thank you for a good article! Luca Passani

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/396/Is-The-Mobile-Web-Right-For-Your-Ecommerce-Business/#comment575 2007-03-01T19:56:01-07:00

Without question, mobile ecommerce is just getting up steam; it will be interesting to see how things ramp up as market penetration reaches critical mass. Would be interesting to know the author's thoughts on NFC and contactless technology, and how their enhanced security could be a new paradigm in consumer security, further accelerating acceptance. Merchant account providers and issuers alike have much to gain from system-wide adoption of encrypted payment credentials; merchants have double the incentive: mitigation of consumer fraud, while reducing per/transaction and interchange costs. Great article! Regards - Gray Consulting

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/396/Is-The-Mobile-Web-Right-For-Your-Ecommerce-Business/#comment181 2007-01-20T11:33:57-07:00

It is important to differentiate each medium, understand its strengths and limitations before creating a marketing plan around it. Most of the websites created so far for mobile world have been cut down versions of existing websites. Mistake: you are applying the strength of internet via PC to limitation of Internet via mobile devices. The true strength of mobile devices such as cell phones is voice activation. Why can't I speak to my phone for a particular service e.g. list of restaurants, price for a new plasma TV. If we can get there, our convenience-oriented society will not even remember a life without mobile marketing and mobile commerce. Rgds, The Musaras Team http://www.musaras.ca

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/396/Is-The-Mobile-Web-Right-For-Your-Ecommerce-Business/#comment154 2007-01-15T10:25:25-07:00

I was wrong! I never thought people would pay hundreds of dollars a month for cell phone usage or $4 for a cup for StarBucks coffee. Boy was I wrong. The same thing was said about the fast food drive throughs years ago. Boy, were they wrong. We are a convenience oriented society and it is sad to say that we are devoting more of our resources for this handiness. When someone provides a service in a new way that requires less effort, we are typically more apt to use it. When the cell phone manufacturers offer web access that defaults to the dotmobi extension you will see a greater use of this portal. Don’t ask anyone to click the extra ten times to get the “.mobi” while driving down the road. It just isn’t safe you know. I jumped in last September and bought a few good names with great potential should this take off. I like the capability of using the phone’s GPS to personalize the search to the user’s immediate locality and the stark format to load...

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/396/Is-The-Mobile-Web-Right-For-Your-Ecommerce-Business/#comment153 2007-01-15T10:07:02-07:00

ALL signs point to the "mobile Internet" as being vibrant with great opportunities. The .mobi extension also showsn promise as its got a cool brandable moniker "mobi" -- and it will probably be the best way to go for initial mobi surfing --- too bad I didnt get on the "mobi" investing in the early stages. Those who did must be licking their chops. Well, maybe with .tel?