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	E-commerce (B2B)

E-Commerce(B2C)

Blueskyticket.com is one of the major online air ticket sellers. Its sales volume has been increasing rapidly this year because the company has deployed timestamping service to increase customers’ confidence in buying tickets from it.

Blueskyticket.com subscribes for the service provided by the Timestamping Authority. After the customers has input all the details for transaction, such as the name of the customer, the price and quantity of the tickets, delivery terms, etc, in the website of Blueskyticket.com, its system will generate a purchase order with all the transaction details. Then the purchase order is sent to the Timestamping Authority for a timestamp. The timestamp contains an accurate time, the hash value of the transaction details and the identity of Blueskyticket.com, which is from its digital certificate. The purchase order with the timestamp will be sent to the customer in the form of a confirmation letter.

Timestamping service is like a trusted third party witnessing the transaction, and the timestamp can guarantee that the details of transaction cannot be modified and Blueskyticket.com cannot deny the occurrence of the transaction. If there is any dispute afterwards, the customers can use the timestamps as evidence.

As air ticket prices change drastically with time, if a customer orders an air ticket online but finds out that he/she cannot get the ticket after a few days, the ticket price may have doubled. Also, if there is no ticket available then, the customer will have to change his/her schedule. So the customers really value the guarantee provided by timestamping service. By using timestamping service, Blueskyticket.com is regarded by many customers more trustworthy than other online air ticket sellers, so Blueskyticket.com attracts many new customers.