Business Models on the Net: EggHead.com

What is business model?


Business background:

EggHead.com is a leading Internet retailer and auctioneer specializing in technology products for the office and home.

Egghead.com offers a wide range of items from computer hardware and software to consumer electronics. Hours of operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Egghead.com is now recognized as one of the leading companies in on-line sales of software and hardware products.

The company is fast becoming a major value-oriented on-line retail enterprise.


Do firms compete on value proposition or value cluster?

Any company that is engaging in Electronic Commerce in not technology but service orientation.

Egghead customers are allowed to remotely manage and expand their site licenses as they grow with minimal effort.

Customers can purchase site license for soft products from leading vendors including Microsoft Corporation and Symantec Corporation.

Egghead offers over 70,000 items for sale or a...