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Teletrade, e-commerce and doing business across networks: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) European Telework Online provides many FAQs - frequently asked questions (and answers) - about telework and related topics. In this page we have selected some questions relating to "teletrade", also known as e-commerce, e-business, doing business online, online marketing etc. For the complete list of all FAQs - including those about telecooperation, telecommunications and other topics as well as telework and telecommuting please use the Resources Database . This free of charge service is made possible by our sponsors: In addition to these and other FAQs the European Telework Online Resources Database includes about 1,700 items relating to telecooperation, telework, e-commerce and telework/telecommuting, including web sites, reports, books, articles, presentations and online discussion facilities. There is also an events calendar. If your question is not answered below, and you think it is of general interest, you can: Raise it in the European Telework Online Discussion Forum - join the forum by sending an email to teleworkforum-join@eto.org.uk. Important note: Please read the discussion Guidelines before you participate in the online discussion. or if it is a more personal question you can: Send your question to the European Telework Online site team - email eto-info@eto.org.uk. We cannot answer all personal queries but we will do our best to point you in the right direction! Note: Before you send your question please do look at the Site Contents and do a search to check whether the answer is already available. Here are the selected Teletrade and E-Commerce FAQs If you find them useful please tell us! Here is the feedback form. (If you see something that needs correcting please tell us that too). You can also add your own comments about any of the FAQs, which will be helpful to other readers. ADSL roll out status in European Union countries as at January 2000 Based on an assessment published by the European Commission. ADSL is now being deployed widely in Europe and is expected to significantly increase Internet use, and support further growth in teleworking, e-business etc. Last reviewed Add your own comments about this resource E-Commerce: Business Levels of Satisfaction Extract from the results of a major survey published in the European IT Observatory 1999. Shows companies' ratings of benefits of e-commerce and, in comparison, their level of satisfaction with e-commerce results. Last reviewed Add your own comments about this resource Finding work as a teleworker: tested and selected services European Telework Online has evaluated more than twenty online services for finding work and finding a job. This FAQ highlights the ones we have tested and selected as the best available. Last reviewed Add your own comments about this resource Getting paid to surf - does it work? European Telework Online reviews of "Get paid to surf" and "Get paid to read email" programmes, with recommendations. Last reviewed 29 January 2000 What others have said | Add your own comments about this resource How can I market, advertise and sell my services on the Internet as a teleworker? This FAQ proposes that the question isn't how to advertise telework but how to decide and then advertise the product or service you are selling. The FAQ recommends ways to decide matters such as "What is my product" and then how to build the opportunities for selling your skills. Last reviewed 27 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource How do I price my services (as a teleworker)? Deciding what to charge for your services is often difficult for a self-employed person. Charge too high and you will lose opportunities; too low and you either lose profit or perhaps even make customers suspicious that your low price may reflect low standards. This FAQ explains some basic principles and makes clear recommendations. Last reviewed 27 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource How Will Internet Affect the Telcommunications Sector? This is one of three linked questions raised as part of a study for the European Commission (DGXIII) in June 1996 Last reviewed 27 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource I like the idea of doing business across the networks, how do I do it? Building a business "online" has some similarities to building a conventional business "offline", but also some differences. Last reviewed 27 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource Isn't Teletrade the same as Electronic Commerce? Our analysis of electronic commerce resources, shows that most of it is focused on the more structured formal aspects of teletrade - the actual purchase transaction Last reviewed 30 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource Online services for finding work and finding jobs: critical listings Online services for finding work have mushroomed - from very few at the end of 1998 to very many in 2000 and with new ones popping up every day. Is there any value in them? How do they work? Do they really offer a solution for teleworkers? This page reports the results of our investigations, with links and comments on more than twenty sites/services. Last reviewed Add your own comments about this resource Russia: How can I advertise my services across the networks? (in Russian) Discusses the ways you can use networks and information technologies to advertise your products and services. Last reviewed 21 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource Russia: I like the idea of "Doing Business across the Networks", how do I go about it? (in Russian) Discusses the issues related to Doing Business across the Networks - for e.g. the similarities and diffrences between "building a business online" and "building a conventional business offline". Last reviewed 21 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource Russia: Isn't Teletrade the same as Electronic Commerce? (in Russian) Discusses the differences between Teletrade and Electronic Commerce. Teletrade is classified as something much broader than electronic commerce covering all types of business uses of electronic networks, throughout all phases of a business relationship. Last reviewed 21 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource Telecooperation, Telework and Teletrade Basics of telework and teletrade Last reviewed 30 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource Telework and Teletrade: Opportunities or Threats? This FAQ emerged from discussion at the European Telework Congress in Vienna, 4-6 November 1996 and in the Telework Europa forum on CompuServe. Last reviewed 27 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource UMTS - what is it? UMTS stands for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. It is the next-generation standard for mobile phones and other communicating devices. This FAQ, at the UMTS Forum, covers, what, why and when. UMTS will be available in commercial services from 2002. Last reviewed Add your own comments about this resource What are Europe's priorities for the Information Society? Summary of European Commission statement of December 1999, with commentary and links to original statement, discussion etc. Last reviewed Add your own comments about this resource What is XML? Part of a set of FAQs relating to XML (extensible mark-up language) at the xml.com web site. Last reviewed Add your own comments about this resource zEuropean Telework Online general FAQ: What are the purposes of the ETO web site and its associated discussion lists and other facilities? This question is sometimes raised in our online discussion and in questions to the web site team. Some general answers are provided here. Some general answers are provided here, particular questions should please be addressed to the site team at eto-info@eto.org.uk. Last reviewed 27 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource zEuropean Telework Online general FAQs: Why does European Telework Online use simple email discussion lists - why not something more sophisticated? This question arises in our online discussion and in questions to the web site team. From time to time people have suggested that we use a more sophisticated approach. Here's the rationale for "keeping it simple". Last reviewed 25 April 1998 Add your own comments about this resource zEuropean Telework Online: About The Logo The logo contains the project initials - E, T and D Last reviewed 30 October 1998 Add your own comments about this resource