Bpath Offers eBusiness Services for Small Business; One Package Includes Everything a Small Business Needs to Go and Grow Online.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000 Bpath, the ebusiness services provider for growing online businesses, today announced a bundled and enhanced version of Bpath's existing service and product offerings. In one easy-to-use package, the suite includes all the services a small business needs to start, e-commerce and promote their online business offering. "As small businesses continue to tap into the opportunities on the Web, first mover mover /mov·er/ (moo´ver) that which produces motion. prime mover a muscle that acts directly to bring about a desired movement. and time-to-market advantage are critical," said Warren J. Kaplan, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , president and vice chairman of Bpath. "As a global one-stop provider of best-of-class services to get small businesses up and running on the Web, our goal is to make this migration as fast and easy as possible. With our new service suite, businesses purchase a complete package of applications to start, e-commerce and promote their site." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AMI Partners, a New York-based consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , the number of small businesses conducting business online increased to 2.8 million in 1999 from 1.8 million in 1998. To support this rush online, U.S. small business spending for Web products and services has surged more than 1,000 percent since 1998 and is expected to grow to $118 billion by 2001. To get an online business started, Bpath offers domain registration, links with Web search engines A Web site that maintains an index and short summaries of billions of pages on the Web, Google being the world's largest. Most search engine sites are free and paid for by advertising banners, while others charge for the service. like Yahoo and Altavista, HyperSearch(TM) site search tool, free email service See Internet e-mail service. for site visitors, a counter tool to track the number of visitors and Internet games. To enhance and promote the site, services include the QuickBanner(TM) banner development tool, membership in Bpath's Banner Exchange An Internet advertising network that swaps banner ads among its members. Each time a member site displays an ad from the network, it receives some amount of credit that is used to display its own banner in the network. Network, full statistics to measure banner success and Site Recommendation, Poll, Quick Feedback and Guest Book to get site visitor feedback. Small businesses can move from a simple site to an e-commerce site with Bpath's web store builder. The template-based web store builder offers built-in content, display room, secure credit card transactions, real time credit card processing Obtaining immediate authorization of a credit card purchase when ordering online. The card processing company notifies the merchant, and the merchant confirms or denies the order with the customer. and easy sign-up for Internet merchant accounts. Several choices of store builder are available depending on the business requirements. Bpath first distinguished itself by offering tools and services to allow emerging businesses to promote their sites. Bpath soon became a global leader in banner exchange services, doubling its client base in 1999 alone. Membership has grown to over 400,000 with more than 65 percent outside the U.S. About Bpath Bpath provides an easy-to-follow path for emerging businesses to go and grow online. Bpath is the leading destination for e-Innovators in 30 countries who need content, communication and commerce services to build their online business. With nearly 50 online communities, many translated into local language, Bpath offers a rich resource for members to research, build, enhance and generate revenues from their online business. Bpath was founded in 1996 and is based in San Jose. For more information on Bpath and its services, visit http://www.bpath.com. |
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