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    target market
    The group that a company designs and advertises it products for, intending to meet the needs of that group.


    target marketing
    A major advantage of the Web is the ability to target very specific groups of individuals with a minimum of waste coverage.


    taxware
    A software program, developed by Taxware International, that provides detailed tax rate information to commerce servers over the Internet.


    telemarketing
    A wide ranging term which applies to the process of selling or marketing goods and services through the use of either outbound and/or inbound telephone calls.


    top-of-mind
    The product that comes first to the mind of a consumer when asked to think of a certain product category.


    trademark
    The exclusive right to use a brand or part of a brand. Others arev prohibited from using the brand without permission.


    trading partners
    Trading Partners are companies that an organization does business with, for example, customers, suppliers, financial institutions. Both parties sign a formal agreement which sets out legally binding rights and obligations of the partners.


    transaction
    The actual process of buying an item or store.


    transactional commerce
    Transactional commerce is a similar to relationship marketing in that the interface between the customer and the company is customized to the preferences of the customer. An example of this is usage of dynamic Web pages that are customized to the customer’s preferences, such as text-only pages, or only showing products that the customer specifies.


    transaction fee
    A charge for each credit card transaction, collected by the merchant account provider or ISO. Transaction fees usually fall between $0.20 and $1 (U.S.).


    transfer of risk
    Vendors accept a certain discount on the amount owed in return for transferring the payment risk to the credit card issuer. This same concept applies throughout the entire system of commerce, electronic or otherwise.


    turnkey application
    Software that requires little or no modification when inserted into a Web site. In e-commerce, many merchant account providers and ISOs offer turnkey applications for processing credit card orders online.




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