Expect e-commerce sites like Amazon or Net-a-Porter to start using it more.

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Asia's slowness on the Net means that many companies and businesses had their names snaffled up before the Net and e-commerce entered the region's collective conscience.

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And while the .com suffix has overwhelmingly captured the market's imagination, accounting for about 90% of all registrations, there are plenty of e-commerce opportunities in the less fashionable .net and .org.

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"When we are using the Net, we will simply be engaged in commerce because e-commerce will then be normal, " he says.

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If UPS were a pure e-commerce company, it would be tolerated on Wall Street with no net income at all.

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The essential message from Andersen for Asian e-commerce Netpreneurs is get the back office and fulfillment parts right before rolling out those local Net giants.

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