Nexicon, turning fear into cash

The business concept of Nexicon is quite exceptional. Their monitoring service tracks down IP’s of illegal content distributors on bittorent and other peer-to-peer networks. I suppose that this service towards copyright owners like movie studies and record labels can be bought with a some form of subscription. Once identified Nexicon’s system will automatically send out [...]

Posted on June 29, 2009 in Banking & professional services Read more

WantsForSale.com Begs For Broker Platform

A trip to Las Vegas  for a painting! New York artists Christine Santora and Justin Gignac are painting portraits of all the things they wish to get on WantsForSale.com. Wants For Sale is not new yet interesting to look into further. It is a nice variation on the Intention Economy in which the buyer’s intent [...]

Posted on June 14, 2009 in Internet & media Read more

Online Auctions: From Products (eBay) to Experiences (Sweemo)

eBay has pioneered the concept of online auctions where people buy and sell goods from and to each other. As discussed in How to build any business model with only 10 blocks,  companies can change a business model by moving from products to services or experiences – keeping all other transactions the same. The evolution [...]

Posted on May 2, 2009 in Consumer goods, Internet & media Read more

Brick-and-mortar Stores Counter Webshops With Experience

Especially in the current economic climate, brick-and-mortar retailers are losing ground (+2.5% in 2008) compared to webshops (+24% in 2008). Online shops can offer better prices and have the advantage of time convenience on their side. In addition, mobile and payment technologies are maturing, and more and more people get comfortable with e-commerce (both e-tailers [...]

Posted on April 15, 2009 in Other-industries Read more