France Telecom and IBM have teamed up to offer a cheap e-commerce front end that enables small businesses to set up company web sites with product catalogs and contact details. The service, named Ecomptoir.com, comes in a range of five editions, offering different numbers of web pages and product numbers. The æbasicÆ product costs FFr 150 ($24) to install and the same to operate for a month. It provides five pages with room for 12 items. At the top end of the spectrum, the æplatinumÆ version costs FFr 2000 ($320) to set up and FFr 1,600 ($255) to run monthly, giving a company 50 web pages with space to fit 500 products and secured transactions.
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