Hi Dimitri, As recent discussion on this list reveals, maybe ACH transfer should be listed separately from Wire Transfer as it has a different infrastructure and some will be capable and others not. As for reducing the number of options, is "Letters of Credit" really necessary? Has anyone ever used them? Also Barter. Is there a market for finding "businesses" that accept barter? Certainly even large businesses occasionally use barter, but these are arrangements of convenience, and are not likely to be promoted through a search engine. Imagine, XYC Corporation who bartered with ABC MegaCorp for X million dollars worth of natural resources. They will not want to advertise in a search engine so people can waste their sales people's time asking if they can swap the produce of their vegetable garden for their monthly electricity bill! :) That's why currencies were invented, to reduce the cost of making transactions. E-gold is a perfect example of a low transaction cost currency. Also you may like to eliminate the "other" category. If there are other worthwhile payment mechanisms to list (maybe "Gold-backed Currencies other than e-gold", and "other Internet currencies and awarded points") then list them explicitly. I think "Other" is too ethereal to be useful in a business directory. Regards, Ian Green http://www.two-cents-worth.com/?107242 on 31/8/2001 11:46 pm, Dmitry Salnikov at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <SNIP> > I need to know the opinions of serious business people, > what categories of payment preferences would be best to search on, > so that their number will be reasonably small but useful. <SNIP> > Cash, > e-Gold, > Cheques, > Wire Transfers, > Letters of Credit, > Bank Cards, > Barter, > Other, <SNIP> --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you know that e-gold Ltd. stores more gold on behalf of customers than many countries? See http://www.gold.org/Gra/Gra1.htm and the e-gold Examiner at http://www.e-gold.com/examiner.html for details.
