Another blast from the past. ECTips takes a look at which products took off like a rocket and which fizzled out.
Global workforce procurement service, Elance, continues to connect professional providers with projects while adding enterprise software and solutions, a monthly subscription system and transaction fees. High profile affiliates include ebay, Oracle, Handspring, and Adobe.
GoCritique was a free site appraisal service that used a unique accountability model — you can only have your site reviewed by gathering credits, which you received when you critiqued other sites. Apparently, the concept could not sustain longevity; the URL returns a "page you are looking for is currently unavailable" message. Try Site Critique.
iBill had a productive year, signing its 10,000 customer, opening a Los Angeles office, acquiring ShopEasy, and enhancing the check processing service.
Secure and encrypted e-mail service,
SafeMessage, has released version 3.0 with compliance server options and file storage capabilities.
Spamex, the service that thwarts unwanted e-mail, has become affiliated with The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, Junkbusters, Privacy.org, and SpamCon Foundation. An enterprise version of the Disposable E-mail Address Service was also released.
BBBOnLine, the online equivalent of the Better Business Bureau, continues to hold e-tailers to high standards with its recent launch of its Safe Shopping site.
Groopz still has a lot to say. The interactive chat tool remains an efficient method for real-time customer relationship management.
Site performance measurement service, Keynote Systems, acquired the assets of Envive Corp. and launched wireless and enterprise capabilities.
Flowerfarm.com, Barewalls.com, and Brainbench, among others, have all become customers of multi-currency solution provider, E4X.
Payroll processor,
PayMaxx, recently released PayrollReminder, a free tool that allows users to receive automatic e-mail reminders for their payroll jobs, and CheckPrint, a payroll check printing service for PowerPayroll users.
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