There are three ways to pay bills over the Internet:
Online banking
Customer signs up with the preferred bank online services and make all his or her bill payments from his or her bank accounts. This enable the customer to conduct the transaction from a single website. Most of the Malaysian banks are providing such facilities in the online banking services.
Biller direct
Customer will makes payments at each biller website using the credit card as the main payment instrument. Customer will view their bills online at the biller website and complete the payment at the same site too. This method require customer to visit all the biller website to make payments for all his or her bills. Utilities and telecommunications are the main website associated with this payment method.
Bill consolidator
Customer enrolls to receive and pay bills for multiple billers at the bill consolidator's website. Bills will be sent to the website and customer will initiate payments through multiple payments options. One of the local example of bill consolidator is Pay Bills Malaysia (http://www.paybillsmalaysia.com)
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Price comparison for online shoppers
As more people are turning to the online purchasing, there are also increased for the need of sites and tools which are able to help consumers with online purchasing decision. Sites such as Savebuckets provide price comparison for a huge range of products online from the online stores. Customers can compare prices on the selected product before they proceed with the purchase on the selected store.
The site also have the feature to match the preferred maximum price put up by the customer with its continuous updating of the market information. This make the online shopping experience becoming more convenience, fast and cost saving.
The site also have the feature to match the preferred maximum price put up by the customer with its continuous updating of the market information. This make the online shopping experience becoming more convenience, fast and cost saving.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Fans purchase football club through website
A few months back, I posted an entry on an innovative e-commerce business model - Owning a football club through the web where football fans paid to a community website, MyFootballClub.co.uk, to purchase a club of their choice.
This plan is becoming a reality after a deal was reached in principle with English minor league club Ebbsfleet United for a £700,000 takeover. Football fans will own 51% of the club which enable them to make decisions on all club matters such as transfers and team selection.
Ebbsfleet United was previously known as
With this takeover, almost 20,000 of the fans who paid the £35 can fulfilled their dreams to be the Benitezs, Fergusons or Wengers of the minor league.
e-government: Malaysia is now ranked 25th
According to the survey done by Brown University on Rhode Island , US on international e-government ranking list, Malaysia
Malaysia
South Korea , Singapore , Taiwan and United States
Problems faced in e-government implementation:
Malaysia
- Government’s drive for e-government services
- Electronic Labour Exchange (www.elx.gov.my) has matched 75,000 potential employees with employers since 2005.
- SMS alert on e-government services
- Online renewal of driving licenses
- Electronic filing of income tax forms
- Voter information
- Details for government tenders
- Employment opportunities
Problems faced in e-government implementation:
- Lacks of public awareness – 60% of the public are not aware of the services offered. Solution: Increase awareness through TV advertisements and organizing workshops at shopping malls.
- Online Behaviour - Malaysians remain sceptical on being distrust on electronic transaction especially on banking online and buying from an Internet store.
- Language barrier – Most of the government websites had in the past been in Bahasa
Electronic Commerce - Blog Carnival (16th November 2007)
Welcome to the November 16, 2007 edition of electronic commerce. (Vol 1, No. 5, 2007)
Matthew Paulson presents Don’t Throw Away Your Analog TV Just Yet posted at Getting Green.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Ode To The Mobile Web (Cell Phone Browsing Humor) posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog.
redmaple presents Why firefox more suitable for online business or web surfing? posted at valuable articles, saying, "Security is one of the top issues for Online business. Firefox can provide a safe situation for online business and web surfing, you can know the reason and get free firefox download from this article."
Jim presents Common Cause Variation posted at The Kaizen Business.
Andrew Erickson presents ShopSite Version 9.0 Released posted at WebSite Werx.
John W. Furst presents Key Success Factor: Listen To Your Customers posted at E-Biz Booster Blog, saying, "Your customer does not have to be an anonymous number, when you re running an online business. Find out who your customer is and what he wants. The result is happier customers and more profits for your business."
Ian Richardson presents Ten Top Strategic Internet Marketing Tips posted at Make Everything EzyAs123.
Yuri presents 7 Shopping Cart Tips That Even Amazon Could Use posted at Improve the Web, saying, "Most ecommerce websites need to make it easy to buy from them. Even Amazon has to fix things."
Jim presents Eliminate Waste, Increase Profit posted at The Kaizen Business.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of electronic commerce using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Technorati tags: electronic commerce, blog carnival.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Blog Oh Blog! sold for USD10,000
The Malaysian blogsphere is buzz with the latest news on a Malaysian blog being sold for USD10,000 recently.
Blog Oh! Blog was sold for USD10,000 only being after 5 months in the blogsphere. It is a popular Wordpress themes and make money online blog.
With a high Google PR at 6 and Technorati ranked at 44, no wonder it can fetched such as high price.
The new owner is jainischalverma who already started working on the blog with a new theme.
The blog can actually rake in higher price by looking at 2 other bids at USD19,500 and USD25,000 which has been rejected by the previous owner.
Another Malaysian blogger is also trying to sell his PR4 blog, BloggingSecret.net and currently the bid is at USD700. Catch up the latest bidding action at the SitePoint.com e-auction site.
Erm...I just wonder how much my blog will be worth of?
Blog Oh! Blog was sold for USD10,000 only being after 5 months in the blogsphere. It is a popular Wordpress themes and make money online blog.
With a high Google PR at 6 and Technorati ranked at 44, no wonder it can fetched such as high price.
The new owner is jainischalverma who already started working on the blog with a new theme.
The blog can actually rake in higher price by looking at 2 other bids at USD19,500 and USD25,000 which has been rejected by the previous owner.
Another Malaysian blogger is also trying to sell his PR4 blog, BloggingSecret.net and currently the bid is at USD700. Catch up the latest bidding action at the SitePoint.com e-auction site.
Erm...I just wonder how much my blog will be worth of?
How to save more for online shopping
Festive season is coming soon with Christmas and New Year Day within our reach. Some are thinking about pampering oneself with their desired gifts as a reward or a long vacation.
As for myself, I am looking forward for a new enhancement gadget for my mobile and may be a new laptop as my current faithful laptop is currently performing slower as compared to my peers. One of my colleagues suggested me to check out for some of the available online shopping coupons for a better bargain on online purchases.
I found out that I can save a lot more when I use Cellhut.com coupons to buy a Nokia Bluetooth Headset. The Dell Home deals seem attractive too with more saving on a new brand of Inspiron notebook. Well, this serves me right to start a new year with some new technological gadgets! Happy
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
JohnCow.com was hacked! and Unhacked!
Updates: (9th Nov 2007)
The so-called hacked blog of JohnCow is just a little joke as claimed by the owner to get the message of the importance of backing up the blog site. Do you find this joke amusing? Self-hacking own blog?
I would say this joke went too far and over the board in the spirit of blogging. I believe there are better ways to send the message rather than faking an own hacked site. There should be some lines of ethics or code of conducts that each blogger should adopt in this blogsphere.
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One of the well known blog site, JohnCow was hacked and held ransom by a/some hacker/s. A message was left on the home page read as:
"This blog is hacked. If we do not receive $100 in 24 hours, Cow gets well done!!!"
A PayPal button was also inserted on the page for JohnCow to pay the ransom. Hey, is this a real hacking case or just a prank to generate more traffic? Just wait and see.
How to prevent your blog from being hacked?
Blogging Mix listed a few tips on how to prevent your blogger blog from being hacked:
Technical hackz and tricks has gone even further with a lengthy post on:
Callender Create Blogs suggested to make sure the domain is being LOCKED.
Jonlee.ca provide 7 steps in a very interesting post on how to recover your hacked blog or site:
The so-called hacked blog of JohnCow is just a little joke as claimed by the owner to get the message of the importance of backing up the blog site. Do you find this joke amusing? Self-hacking own blog?
I would say this joke went too far and over the board in the spirit of blogging. I believe there are better ways to send the message rather than faking an own hacked site. There should be some lines of ethics or code of conducts that each blogger should adopt in this blogsphere.
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One of the well known blog site, JohnCow was hacked and held ransom by a/some hacker/s. A message was left on the home page read as:
"This blog is hacked. If we do not receive $100 in 24 hours, Cow gets well done!!!"
A PayPal button was also inserted on the page for JohnCow to pay the ransom. Hey, is this a real hacking case or just a prank to generate more traffic? Just wait and see.
How to prevent your blog from being hacked?
Blogging Mix listed a few tips on how to prevent your blogger blog from being hacked:
- Keep Your Personal Information Private
- Avoid Using One Password For All Accounts You Create
- Use 'Alpha-Numeric' Passwords
- Don't Use a Password That Can be Found on Your Blog
- Avoid Using Public Computers
- Set Your Browser According to Your Preferred Security Level
- Use Anti-Virus Softwares on Your Computer
- Register and Use Your Own Domain Name
- Always Back-up All Your Post / Content
Technical hackz and tricks has gone even further with a lengthy post on:
- Step-by-step repair after a website hack
- What to do BEFORE your website is hacked, so it doesn't get hacked
- How to know if you've been hacked
Callender Create Blogs suggested to make sure the domain is being LOCKED.
Jonlee.ca provide 7 steps in a very interesting post on how to recover your hacked blog or site:
- Regain access or control to your site
- Restore files and database from a backup
- Restore missing information
- Locate the vulnerability
- Eliminate the vulnerability
- Do a sweep for suspicious files
- Monitor site activity
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