RE: UKNM: CommerceNet?

[Clare Gibbs]

IS Solutions are one of the founder members of the UK CommerceNet

Consortium.  


CommerceNet is the premier industry consortium for companies using,

promoting and building electronic commerce on the Internet.  CommerceNet's

mission is to make electronic commerce easy, trusted and ubiquitous.


Our support to the consortium demonstrates our commitment to the development

and promotion of e-commerce initiatives and activities, working with

CommerceNet to transform the net into a global electronic marketplace.


IS Solutions are actively involved in the CommerceNet ECommerce Issues and

Solutions Project which sets out to address all major issues pertaining to

e-commerce in the UK, Ireland and Europe.  The main goal of the project is

to research all issues pertaining to the set-up and operation of e-commerce

related Web sites and services.  The emphasis will be on practical business

and technological hurdles faced by businesses and their clients.


> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Clay Shirky [SMTP:clayshirky [dot] com]

> Sent:	Sunday, August 01, 1999 8:41 PM

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject:	UKNM: CommerceNet?

> 

> Has anyone else here heard of this plan for an "Ecommerce

> Accreditation Scheme"? I got this mail on Friday:

> 

> > > I'm getting in touch with regards to the upcoming CommerceNet Internet

> 

> > > Marketing Project.

> > >

> > > The objective of the Project is to formalise Ecommerce Best

> > > Practice guidelines and to develop an Ecommerce Accreditation

> > > Scheme. The associated Pilot will consist of expanding the

> > > newly-developed Scheme into the wider market.

> > > [...]

> > > CommerceNet Consortium			

> > > http://www.commercenet.org.uk  (UK & Ireland)

> > > http://www.commerce.net  (Global)

> 

> Anybody know anything about this "scheme"? Or CommerceNet? And is this

> as much of a bald-faced grab to badger merchants into paying in for a

> worthless kite mark as it seems?

> 

> -clay 


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