Instead, Apple is repositioning eWorld to serve as the platform for the company's Internet offerings.

There have been plenty of these issues this year as some Internet offerings have doubled or tripled on their first trading days.

Examples abound: a few new Internet offerings have soared by 400 percent and more on their first day of trading.

The report also saw value in a reinvigorated law enforcement effort against Internet offerings that are clearly obscene.

But Internet offerings may be in danger of getting slammed, as they were a year ago.

For while the variety of Internet offerings has exploded, privacy has limped far behind.

While the prices of Internet offerings have often soared, few of the established companies have priced above their suggested ranges.

Mr. Fitzsimmons said his research shows that Internet offerings jumped nearly 70 percent, on average, in their first day of trading last year.

We'd like greater scope and scale in our Internet offering, which would represent a real selling point to clients, and they need access to more clients.

Although scalping for inaugural events is nothing new, prices this year appear steeper than in years past, as Internet offerings seem to reflect.