ELC 498
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ELC 498 ELC 498 ELC 498 ELC 498
Day 8Day 8
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DAY 8 Agenda• Today October 3
– Tellme Networks, Inc. – Anup– Recap of Online Portals– Midterm exam Posted in WebCT
• Due Oct 13 at 11AM– Return completed grade sheets before midnight OCT 5
• October 6– Intro to Online Content Providers -Tony– Boston.com - Steve
• October 10 is Fall Break• October 13
– Midterm Exam Due– CNET 2000 - Jeff
• October 17– BET.com – Donnie
• October 20– BMG Entertainment - Kristin– Recap of Online Content Providers– Intro to Online retailers
• October 24 – Staples.com -Anup
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Case study• Taken
– iVillage Kristin– Monster Donnie– Napster Jeff– Paypal – Steve– Ebay – Anup
• 0ther possible– Craig's List– Google– NetZero– EarthLink– Epionons.com
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INTERNET BUSINESS MODELS
• ACCESS PROVIDERS• PORTALS
– StarMedia; Yahoo!; Tellme
• CONTENT PROVIDERS• RETAILERS • BROKERS• MARKET MAKERS
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Issues Facing Portals
• Payoff from vertical integration • Viability of competing models
– Free access (NetZero; AltaVista)– Better navigation (GoTo.com; Google; AskJeeves;
About.com)– Destination sites usurping portal functionality
• Maturation of the user and advertiser bases• Portal disintermediation of commerce sites• Broadband discontinuity
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GBF??
– Winner takes all?• Network effects• Economies of scale• Customer retention rates
– Competitive risks– Customer life time value analysis– Funding analysis
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Critical Factors• Low barrier to entry• Reliance on third party providers• Inability to differentiate offerings
– Commoditization?
• End results– Merger and consolidations– Winner take ALL!– Or ??