1.   Analysts said it was unclear whether Planet Out would be successful, but it would provide some insights into the emerging area of digital commerce.

2.   As the Web has grown in importance as the preferred medium for digital commerce, accomplished Web page designers are in great demand by businesses.

3.   Airlines look to online agencies for ideas on how to improve their Web sites, said Melissa Shore, a digital commerce analyst at Jupiter.

4.   Erina DuBois, digital commerce analyst at Dataquest Inc. in San Jose, Calif., said Web sites with seals of approval did not hold more sway with consumers.

5.   Few industries have gorged themselves on digital commerce with greater appetite than the telecommunications companies.

6.   One of the pioneers in the mathematics underlying most public key systems agrees that prudence is required in developing digital commerce.

7.   Rhyme and reason can also figure in catchy addresses for digital commerce.

8.   The approval of such software for distribution to individual citizens of foreign countries, Ms. Yesil said, marks an advance in the prospects for widespread digital commerce.

9.   The Electronic Business Co-op was created by four companies, each with different areas of expertise in digital commerce.

10.   With all the talk about digital commerce, someone finally has a plan to offer electronic coupons.