Providing an on-line service
Needs extensive database and/or programming work
Takes at least several months and thousands of pounds
- Could offer testing, diagnosis, advice services
- Specialist information that is hard to get elsewhere
- Providing a marketplace for businesses or public
- taking over from newspapers - compare with classified ads
The key to success will be in getting someone to pay - where is the revenue stream?
- Only very few, very popular sites can pay for themselves by taking on-line advertising - typically search engines