Shopbots, Powershopping, Powersales: New Forms of Intermediation in E-Commerce - An Overview -

Astrid Meck ()
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Astrid Meck: University of Augsburg, Department of Economics

No 203, Discussion Paper Series from Universitaet Augsburg, Institute for Economics

Abstract: With the advent and proliferation of the Internet many aspects of business and market activitiesare changing. New forms of intermediation also called cybermediaries are becoming increasinglyimportant as a coordinator of interaction between buyers and sellers in the electronic marketenvironment. Especially the overwhelming abundance of information offered by the Internetpromotes the development of new intermediarie like malls, shopbots, virtual resellers etc.This paper provides a detailed overview of different new forms of cybermediation andillustrates their influence on consumer choice, firm pricing and product differentiation strategies.

Keywords: comparison shopping; cybermediaries; e-commerce; shopbots (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-07
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