Since on-line orders can be entered and registered so quickly, consumers can be forgiven for believing they can put off their shopping to the very last minute.
The first on-line order will be a cyberspace favorite: a pizza from Domino's.
Treatments and procedures administered by paramedics fall under one of two categories, off-line medical orders (standing orders) or on-line medical orders.
Mr. Morena expects some local customers to swap on-line orders for shopping the old-fashioned way.
But a big rush of on-line orders left only about 3,000 tickets available.
I search on "food delivery, Palo Alto" and am led to Waiters.com, a service that takes on-line orders for local restaurants.
One clue is that at Discover Brokerage, up to 40 percent of the firm's on-line orders are placed at a time when the markets are closed.
Starwave uses 1-800-PRO-TEAM, a company in Palm City, Fla., to process its on-line orders.
For more than a year, 25 to 40 percent of the brokerage firm's on-line orders have been placed after the markets close, they say.
Unlike earlier Internet grocers, who relied on human shoppers racing down aisles to fill on-line orders, Webvan's operation is highly automated.
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