Online auctions make it easy and inexpensive for millions of people to buy and sell any imaginable item. It would be impossible to do this at a reasonable cost or in a timely manner with any medium other than the Web. Epinion - Thousands of people contribute to a shared library of product reviews. One of the Web's greatest strengths is its world-wide view and collaborative possibilities. These different business models are all visible to anyone surfing the Web.
ASPs are a completely new way to sell and distribute software and software services.
Although ASPs were possible before the advent of the Web, the Web makes them so easy to create that they have proliferated hugely in the last several years. In this edition of How Stuff Works we will look at the ASP model from top to bottom so that you can understand it completely. Inc. All rights reserved.