With the loan, she was able to pay a professional to make the site larger and permit online buying.

GreenZap was an online buying and spending account service that claimed to compete with PayPal.

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At the same time, the rise in online buying is proving a boon to the delivery business.

Years and tens of millions of dollars went into finding the best ways to measure online buying and other behaviors, plus the level of accuracy required for Fortune 1000 companies to buy.

My online buying has increased in the last year.

"We're seeing a lot more online buying by that sector, which is just the beginning of a trend," said Paul Ritter, a Yankee Group program manager.

"For people 75 and older, I don't think online buying is really going to happen," he said.

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Sites Not Yet Pitching at Full Speed Many holiday shoppers are doing their online buying at work, when they can take advantage of high-speed Internet connections.