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ith the development mandate of the anization and its charitable anization status. Will emerce activities distort the taxfree status of the development anization? Is the anization liable in the case of legal conflicts? Most development anizations have already faced these questions if they sell publications and other products by traditional means. Capital Costs How much funding is the anization willing to put into emerce activities? Emerce platforms can be high priced, depending on the level of sophistication. A development anization undertaking emerce activities should consider whether it wants to incur higher costs, with the possibility of cost recovery from an expected higher level of sales. What are the possibilities of receiving financial assistance from donor agencies or partner anizations for this activity? Development anizations pursuing emerce activities may have to decide between a variety of options for their online selling activities, depending on their financial capacities. These options can be divided into 1) technical hardware and 2) site design and maintenance. The anization will have to decide whether it wants to invest in setting up its own inhouse server, depending on the anization39。s size and puting requirements, or find a third party that is willing to host the site on its server. Is the third party another developmentfocused