As the national economic climate worsens, and college and university endowments, coffers, and funding sources shrink, schools are forced to get the most out of every dollar. That means that administrators are bending over backwards to see that all new investments provide maximum return on investment (ROI) over the long term. Campus eCommerce is no exception to this trend. Data from a variety of sources indicate that increasing numbers of postsecondary institutions are turning to hosted eCommerce solutions to handle online transactions. Clearly, hosted eCommerce is poised to be the wave of the future for colleges and universities. But that doesn't mean administrators and technologists should limit their thinking to the traditional campus store items only. This article takes a look at three different themes on the theme.