URL and name of site -- http://www.eca.com/BeerAndWineHobby.html Beer and Wine Hobby Online Catalog
name of company/organization -- Electronic Commerce Associates
physical location of site -- Massachusetts
date site first went public -- Jan 1995
name and email address of Webmaster -- webmaster@eca.com
URLs and physical locations of any mirror sites --
main business goal of Web site -- Sales of homebrewing and wine making equipment via the Internet.
in what sense is this site a success? -- Hundreds of orders each month from this site.
to what do you attribute your success? -- Prevalence of homebrewing among the Internet population. Appeal of network shopping. Ease of use of the online catalog
nature of content -- Homebrewing and wine making equipment and ingredients
size of current audience in terms of visitors (not hits) per month -- Couple thousand visitors/month counting by unique IP address, for example including AOL as 1 visitor
do you own your own Web server? -- Yes, until recently.
if yes, what hardware, what software? -- SGI computer, NCSA httpd server, custom online ordering software
if no, name and URL of host company -- TIAC
authoring tools used -- SGI image tools, xv, emacs
are stats publicly viewable? -- No.
other special software used -- Custom online catalog software
special features of the site intended to attract and hold audience -- brewing is by its very nature a repeat business. People return to the site because they found good service and quality and need to brew again.
do you use outside design services? -- No.
do you use other outside services? -- No.
size of internal staff devoted to your Web site -- 1
approximate quantity of browsable content --
do you provide Web-based access to databases? -- Yes
if yes, type and size -- few hundred items from brewing catalog
do you allow interaction among users and with users? -- No.
From: foulser@zymurgy.boston.sgi.com (Dave Foulser)
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 09:50:38 -0500
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