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Meetings (2007)
18th April (Onlineshop2007 conference)

Meetings (2006)
15 December (Smart cards roundtable)
17 November (Profit from Payments Reform Seminar)
20 October (Online Advertising Round Table)

Meetings (2005)
27 October (Search Engine Optimization)
10 August (Online Identity)
26 July (Payment Systems Reform)
17 May (Sportsbetting)

Meetings (2004)
10 Nov (Card Security for Online Merchants)
13 July (Payment Systems Reform)
25May (Visa Debit)
30March (Spam control and management)

Meetings (2003)
5 November (EFTPOS Futures)
29 October (EFTPOS Futures)
27 August (Indonesian ecommerce)
18 March (Broadband)

Meetings (2002)
9 April(Melbourne:eBilling)
30 April (Sydney:Patents)
4 June (Melbourne:PKI)
18 June (Sydney:PKI)
30 July (Adelaide,with NOIE/ACS)
6 August (Melbourne/with NOIE)
27 August (Sydney,eBilling)
15 October (Melbourne, new services) 3 December (Melbourne, eCommerce & the Web)

Meetings (2001)
10 April
23 May
7 August
4 September
11 September
2 October
4 December

Meetings (2000)
15 March
17 May
13 Sept
8 November
13 December

Meetings (1999)
7 July
4 August
8 Sept
27 October
8 December

Meetings (1998)

Proof that Australia's big retailers are online dummies

by Stewart Carter

Online smarts are conspicuously lacking at some of Australia’s largest retailers and particularly at Safeway and Myer.

Myer is a big department store operation in downtown Melbourne.
Coles sold it to private equity interests Newbridge Capital a year or two back for in excess of $1billion.
So you’d expect that there’d be a similar big effort invested in their online presence. But in fact...
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PayPal sets 2nd June as cut off date for refunds to customers of failed eBay seller - EBS international

by Stewart Carter

eBay has confirmed that the 2nd of June will be the cut-off date in deciding which customers of the failed eBusiness Supplies International (EBS) may be eligible for a refund from PayPal.

PayPal Australia managing director, Andrew Pipolo said that this would cover “the vast majority of affected customers.” Read more

Whatsonsale.com.au targets shoppers who hunt for specials.

Whatsonsale.com.au is gearing up for a 1st of September re-launch as an online service targeting shoppers who love specials and sales.

The site is already up and visitors are invited to sign-up to get emails from both online and traditional retailers promoting their specials and sales.
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Safeway.com.au to test new rules on selling Australian domain names

Another marketplace for trading used Australian domain names has opened its doors, and with safeway.com.au up for sale through its service, is attracting some attention.

Located at www.domaintradingpost.com.au, the marketplace is operated by an officially accredited domain name registrar, Melbourne based Discount Domain Name Services (www.ddns.com.au).
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Credit-card.com.au auction hits six figures. But is it dodgy?

Bidding on the domain name creditcard.com.au reached $101,000 at www.domainshed.com.au last week before the auction was pulled and started again from scratch.

So there are clearly serious doubts over the integrity of the auction.
Chris Dutton, from Bean Media confirmed to eCommerce Report that he owns the domain name.
Read more

Bankers move on to the board at Hyro

Listed Australian digital services company, Hyro Ltd, is soon to be 38% owned by the troubled US investment bankers, Lehman Bros.

A deal announced to the Australian Stock Exchange last week will see Lehman Bros get $3million in cash from Hyro and continue to hold a convertible note over Hyro shares.
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How to sell your Au domain name.

Our recent seminars on 'How to sell your Au domain names drew expert audiences in both Melbourne and Sydney.

They revealed fascinating industry-insider secrets about the regulator, auDA, and its controversial and complicated rules on transferring domain names.
An exclusive account of proceedings at these fascinating seminars was published in Australia's ecommerce industry newsletter - eCommerce Report

OnlineShop 2007

Details of the speakers at last years inaugural Online Shop 2007 programme in Melbourne on 18th April 2007 are at the conference web-site along with along with some photo's from the event.

Check out www.onlineshop2007.com

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About us.

Founded in 1998 the AeCN is head-quartered in Melbourne, capital city of Victoria, Australia's second most-populous state.

Our main activity is ecommerce research and publishing with our eCommerce Report.
The report is now in its 15th year and is the industry's leading source of independently researched online business news and analysis.
We also produce workshops, seminars and conferences on contemporary strategic ecommerce issues. Network subscribers enjoy free access to these seminars as well as other benefits.
Current and past subscribers include such organisations as:
Telstra, NEC Business Solutions, BHPbilliton, Verisign Australia RMIT School of Business Cabcharge Australia Post Mastercard Australia.
If you'd like to join organisations such as these, and be part of our Australia wide network of ecommerce professionals and organisations, click here to subscribe now (credit-card required), or click here to learn more about what we offer.