learning to be maverick in business " I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time" – Herbert Swope. This is a journal that looks at success (business and individual) and how charting a course of individuality leads to the popular

Although SA does not have a significant E-Commerce presence just yet. I do see that changing very rapidly in the near future.  You have the recent announcement of the PayPal FNB venture, the increased usage of Vodacom’s MiMoney platform, increased usage by internet users of sites like gumtree and the ever increasing internet usage via mobile (through MobiSites).  These are just a few things that will improve the capacity for SA internet users to leverage e – Commerce.  Then there is those early adopters that are presently reaping the commercial rewards of leveraging technology to drive new ways of doing business, take a look at these sites which are all local based entrepreneurs:

http://www.springleap.com/

http://www.cherryflava.com/

https://www.2oceansvibe.com/

http://www.onesmallseed.net/

So Ladies an Gents, the next time you are tweeting or using facebook or just browsing, think about the commercial potential of those sites.

Cheers

Tesh