1.   Be as cautious with online vendors as you would with traditional ones.

2.   BizRate, which began as a service that rates the performance of online vendors, now offers price comparisons as well.

3.   First, you can use money in your account to make purchases at any online vendor that accepts MasterCard, a huge convenience.

4.   In the first major consolidation among online wine vendors, VirtualVineyard.com of Palo Alto will announce today that it has acquired Wine.com of Napa.

5.   Once a customer chooses a film, Yahoo offers several online vendors to choose from, in VHS or DVD format.

6.   Promotional deals involving the online vendors, theaters and local restaurants are also in the works.

7.   Teens who visit Secret Wish register and shop from a selected list of online vendors.

8.   The service lets users listen to music from any computer after indicating that they possess the original CD or have purchased it through an online vendor.

9.   They are also worried that online vendors of all types will shift growing volumes of sales from sources outside the European system for tax collection.