ocr: too(milions aKwesx asers) 50 1997 2000 KEY: Unline sapeping & * Unkte-purchasing SAPRMEN Figure 2. According to CommerceNet,a consortium for developing commerce on the internet, both online shopping and pur chasing will sharply increase in North America in the next several years. Com- merceNet distinguishes between online shopping, which comprises prowsing for products: and services, and online: purchas ing, which involves actual electronic come merce transactions.