What are some economic opportunities of ecommerce?

Ryan terlecki organized a new internet company, capuniverse, inc. the company specializes in baseball-type caps with logos printed on them. ryan, who is never without a cap, believes that his target market is college and high school students. you have been hired to record the transactions occurring in the first two weeks of operations. issued 2,900 shares of $0.01 par value common stock to investors for cash at $29 per share. borrowed $68,000 from the bank to provide additional funding to begin operations; the note is due in two years. paid $1,000 for the current month's rent of a warehouse and another $1,000 for next month's rent. paid $1,440 for a one-year fire insurance policy on the warehouse (recorded as a prepaid expense). purchased furniture and fixtures for the warehouse for $16,000, paying $3,200 cash and the rest on account. the amount is due within 30 days. purchased for $2,800 cash the university of pennsylvania, notre dame, the university of texas at austin, and michigan state university baseball caps as inventory to sell online. placed advertisements on google for a total of $340 cash. sold caps totaling $1,900, half of which was charged on account. the cost of the caps sold was $1,100. (hint: make two entries.) made full payment for the furniture and fixtures purchased on account in (e). received $280 from a customer on account.

Hanna intends to give her granddaughter, melodee, her antique hat pin. this heirloom has been kept under lock and key in the wall vault in the library of hanna's house in virginia. the hat pin is currently the only item in the vault. when hanna is visiting melodee in connecticut, hanna gives melodee the only key to the vault. melodee is grateful for the present and excitedly accepts. in this situation has there been a completed gift?

Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? in particular, why do you think kaufmann’s pays commissions to salespeople, while parkleigh does not? why does parkleigh offer employees discounts on purchases, while kaufmann’s does not?