Matchmaking services in ecommerce

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This paper concentrates on the issue of matchmaking in the context of web services. It provides a brief review of the difference between directory services and matchmaking facilities and explains why directories such as UDDI are important but insufficient for web services and need to be complemented with advanced matchmaking facilities. It discusses the requirements that web services place on matchmaking, namely symmetry of information exchange, the ability of each party to specify requirements of the other party, rich languages to describe services and their consumers as well as their demands, and the ability to dynamically update and configure what is being offered. These requirements are addressed by the Web Services Matchmaking Engine WSME — a powerful matchmaking engine capable of matching complex entities, and a Data Dictionary Tool for defining the language of the corresponding matchmaking process. The WSME matchmaking process and property and rules languages are described. An example of how a dynamic market for selling and buying Capacitors can be created with WSME is given. Finally, conclusions and possible future avenues of work are presented.

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Most conservative estimates posit that ecommerce will be responsible for over 50 percent of all global sales by ; this percentage is even higher in the retail sector. Around the world, 95 percent of the global consumers hold 75 percent of the global purchasing power—is your business in a position to connect with these online consumers? With ecommerce sales, it is not so much about finding the buyers online, but rather finding out where it is online that the buyers can find you. Before you invest heavily in an ecommerce market strategy, I and my office of the ecommerce Innovation Lab, part of the Department of Commerce, recommend that you should first take time to conduct basic research about the existing ecommerce market for your products or services. There are Country Commercial Guides available for you to use, as well as ecommerce-specific Country Briefs that will help you to Identify eCommerce Market Opportunities for your target markets. Next, you will want to Choose the Right Channel Mix of ecommerce sales channels to pursue in your target market to help you be found by the consumers you are targeting.

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This article was written by Matthew Hertz , founder of Second Marathon , a full service 3PL matchmaking service, helping ecommerce brands of all sizes find their first or next 3PL. He takes great pride in finding a good cultural fit between brands and 3PLs. For the last seven years I have been wholly focused on solving one problem: helping brands and 3PLs establish long term partnerships. Why is this a problem that so many brands experience?

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Digital Matchmaking

The concept of matchmaking is pretty straightforward and has been around in many cultures for decades. Matchmaking comes from the words 'matching' and 'making', and while it was used in a different context then, it still has a similar meaning in the business world. The focus of an online B2B matchmaking platform is to matchmake businesses during B2B events to form beneficial business connections with other attendees. This article discusses what you need to know about B2B matchmaking and tips for creating a B2B matchmaking platform. This tool is meant to optimize B2B networking, so business owners can connect with new business connections.

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