Wholesalers marketing their Web sites to customers and suppliers should review all business functions first.

By 2003, nearly half of online small businesses will be selling over the Internet.

Prophet 21 has launched a new division, TradingPartnerConnect, that provides distributors and manufacturers of durable goods with a one-stop-shopping marketplace.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-based NxTrend Technology signed an agreement to sell to BuildNet Inc. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., an e-business, technology and project management systems provider for the home-building industry.

Informix Software has pledged to support the UniVerse and UniData database products developed by Ardent Software, which Informix acquired.

A survey conducted by e-commerce research provider The Kelsey Group/ConStat's Local Commerce Monitor reports that 64% of U.S. businesses with fewer than 100 employees are currently using the Internet while another 10% expect to be online in the next year.

A new Web site developed to sell excess PHCP inventory will be launched at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, April 7-9 in Chicago.

If you're a wholesaler without an electronic commerce strategy, don't panic.

The U.S. Commerce Department will study business-to-business electronic commerce activity through a national survey, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley said.

Membership applications are now being accepted from plumbing and heating manufacturers for hotOverstock.com, which facilitates overstock trading on the Internet.