The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:
Salesforce.com has built a popular brand offering CRM functions.
Amazon, Microsoft, etc. offer hosting infrastructure.
WeightWatchers and eDiets offer access to their diet information, tools, and community.
Getty offers download of stock photography.
Netflix and H...
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Abstract:
Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the world's largest online marketplace, where practically anyone can buy and sell practically anything. The total value of goods sold on eBay was $68.6 billion, more than $2,100 every second. This kind of volume produces huge amounts of data that can be utilized to provide services to the buyers and sell...
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