Steam is a digital distribution platform for games that sells titles at discounted prices regardless of purchase history. It has a user-friendly website that is easy to navigate and displays products clearly. The site prioritizes a satisfactory customer experience through reliable service and smooth usability. However, games can only be played when signed in and online, unless set to offline mode beforehand, which can frustrate new or disconnected users.
The document discusses the benefits and drawbacks of e-commerce. It outlines several key benefits, including access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, low startup and operating costs, and fluid pricing. Some weaknesses are also examined, such as lack of consumer trust, lack of human contact, and product description problems. The technology behind e-commerce like browsers, databases, and IP addresses is then reviewed. Various promotion strategies are covered, followed by an analysis of security issues like hacking, viruses, identity theft, and the importance of strong passwords.
The document discusses the benefits and weaknesses of e-commerce as well as the technology used to enable it. Some key benefits mentioned are access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, and low startup costs. Weaknesses include issues with consumer trust and lack of human contact. The document also covers e-commerce promotion methods and security concerns like hacking, viruses, and identity theft.
The document discusses several benefits and aspects of e-commerce, including:
1) E-commerce allows businesses to reach a global marketplace rather than just a local audience.
2) Websites can operate 24/7, generating continuous revenue, unlike physical stores which have limited hours.
3) Setting up and running an e-commerce site has much lower costs than a physical store, as there are no rent expenses.
4) E-commerce sites allow for quick and easy product searches, improving the customer experience.
The document discusses several benefits of online businesses and e-commerce sites, including reaching a global audience with lower start-up and running costs compared to traditional stores. E-commerce sites also allow 24/7 trading, fluid pricing, and have effective search facilities. However, the document also notes some potential downsides such as consumers' lack of trust and security concerns.
By having a global online presence, businesses can access a global audience and potentially more customers compared to a local store. Websites allow trading 24/7 from any location, have relatively low startup and running costs, and offer search facilities to easily find products. Prices can also be adjusted quickly online depending on demand and availability. However, some customers prefer human contact and may be wary of product descriptions or security online.
A global marketplace allows companies to target audiences globally through ecommerce rather than just locally. This expands the potential customer base and can increase sales and profits. Ecommerce also allows 24/7 trading since websites are accessible anytime, and has lower startup and running costs than a physical shop. However, ecommerce lacks human contact that some customers may prefer. Product descriptions online also cannot replace physically examining products. Security of financial and personal information is another issue that can reduce customer trust in ecommerce.
By having a global online presence, businesses can attract a worldwide audience at a relatively low cost compared to traditional stores. Websites allow 24/7 trading across different time zones, have built-in search functions, and can adjust prices quickly based on demand. However, some consumers may not fully trust online sites or feel disconnected without human contact. Product descriptions must be accurate and security precautions taken to protect against issues like hacking, viruses, identity theft and spam.
This document discusses various aspects of e-commerce including the benefits of a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, low start-up and running costs, search facilities, fluid pricing, consumer trust, lack of human contact, product description problems, security issues, browsers, web authoring software, IP addresses, protocols, ports, domain names, ports and protocols, browser and platform compatibility, paying to be prominent in search engine results, newsgroups and forums, banners and pop-ups, spam, ensuring an effective user interface, establishing customer loyalty in a virtual environment, site names, direct marketing, hacking prevention, virus prevention, ID theft protection, strong passwords.
The document discusses the benefits and drawbacks of e-commerce. It outlines several key benefits, including access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, low startup and operating costs, and fluid pricing. Some weaknesses are also examined, such as lack of consumer trust, lack of human contact, and product description problems. The technology behind e-commerce like browsers, databases, and IP addresses is then reviewed. Various promotion strategies are covered, followed by an analysis of security issues like hacking, viruses, identity theft, and the importance of strong passwords.
The document discusses the benefits and weaknesses of e-commerce as well as the technology used to enable it. Some key benefits mentioned are access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, and low startup costs. Weaknesses include issues with consumer trust and lack of human contact. The document also covers e-commerce promotion methods and security concerns like hacking, viruses, and identity theft.
The document discusses several benefits and aspects of e-commerce, including:
1) E-commerce allows businesses to reach a global marketplace rather than just a local audience.
2) Websites can operate 24/7, generating continuous revenue, unlike physical stores which have limited hours.
3) Setting up and running an e-commerce site has much lower costs than a physical store, as there are no rent expenses.
4) E-commerce sites allow for quick and easy product searches, improving the customer experience.
The document discusses several benefits of online businesses and e-commerce sites, including reaching a global audience with lower start-up and running costs compared to traditional stores. E-commerce sites also allow 24/7 trading, fluid pricing, and have effective search facilities. However, the document also notes some potential downsides such as consumers' lack of trust and security concerns.
By having a global online presence, businesses can access a global audience and potentially more customers compared to a local store. Websites allow trading 24/7 from any location, have relatively low startup and running costs, and offer search facilities to easily find products. Prices can also be adjusted quickly online depending on demand and availability. However, some customers prefer human contact and may be wary of product descriptions or security online.
A global marketplace allows companies to target audiences globally through ecommerce rather than just locally. This expands the potential customer base and can increase sales and profits. Ecommerce also allows 24/7 trading since websites are accessible anytime, and has lower startup and running costs than a physical shop. However, ecommerce lacks human contact that some customers may prefer. Product descriptions online also cannot replace physically examining products. Security of financial and personal information is another issue that can reduce customer trust in ecommerce.
By having a global online presence, businesses can attract a worldwide audience at a relatively low cost compared to traditional stores. Websites allow 24/7 trading across different time zones, have built-in search functions, and can adjust prices quickly based on demand. However, some consumers may not fully trust online sites or feel disconnected without human contact. Product descriptions must be accurate and security precautions taken to protect against issues like hacking, viruses, identity theft and spam.
This document discusses various aspects of e-commerce including the benefits of a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, low start-up and running costs, search facilities, fluid pricing, consumer trust, lack of human contact, product description problems, security issues, browsers, web authoring software, IP addresses, protocols, ports, domain names, ports and protocols, browser and platform compatibility, paying to be prominent in search engine results, newsgroups and forums, banners and pop-ups, spam, ensuring an effective user interface, establishing customer loyalty in a virtual environment, site names, direct marketing, hacking prevention, virus prevention, ID theft protection, strong passwords.
Mozilla has launched a new marketing campaign called "Fox Yeah" to try to gain more Firefox users. The campaign encourages users to share invites with others via social media platforms. The Fox Yeah website is designed to be social and unite people. It aims to appeal to users through its simple and friendly design. Social media provides a powerful way for companies like Mozilla to promote their brands and find potential customers by sharing their message widely. Getting online traffic, even a small amount, is important for making money online through offers and advertisements. Free social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter can be used to affordably share ads and reach large audiences around the world.
The document discusses various aspects of e-commerce and online shopping. It covers topics such as the global online marketplace, 24/7 trading without physical stores, low start-up costs for websites, search functions on websites, fluid pricing that adjusts based on demand, building consumer trust, the lack of human contact online, limitations of product descriptions without seeing the physical item, security issues like identity theft, browsers to access websites, database systems to store information, and ensuring an effective user interface.
1. E-commerce allows companies to target global audiences 24/7 through online marketplaces and websites, increasing potential sales.
2. Operating costs are much lower for e-commerce businesses compared to physical stores, as they do not have expenses like rent, utilities, and staffing physical locations.
3. Websites provide useful search functions and fluid pricing that allow customers to easily find products and see up-to-date pricing, improving the customer experience.
The key technologies required for e-commerce include the internet, credit cards, browsers, web server software, web authoring tools, database systems, TCP/IP addresses, domain names, programming languages like HTML and PHP, and consideration of download speeds and browser/platform compatibility. Websites rely on a combination of hardware, software, networking protocols, and programming to function online and facilitate online transactions. Customer experience is impacted by factors like page loading speeds and ensuring compatibility across different browsers and devices.
This document discusses several key technologies required for e-commerce:
1. Browsers allow users to view web pages and examples include Firefox, Safari, Opera, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer. Browsers have features like address bars, toolbars, and status bars.
2. Web authoring software allows non-coders to create websites through a graphical interface and generates the required HTML. Examples are Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe Dreamweaver.
3. Database systems store product and customer information for e-commerce sites and examples include storing customer details for user accounts.
4. IP addresses, ports, and protocols allow data to reach the right location on a network and ensure devices can understand transmitted data
This document provides steps to fix broken links on a website. It begins by explaining how broken links negatively impact users' experience on a site and make the site seem outdated or abandoned. It then gives the benefits of fixing broken links, such as reducing bounce rates, increasing confidence in the site's content, improving the user experience, and boosting search rankings. The steps provided to fix broken links include using browser tools or link checker plugins to find and validate all links, then correcting or removing any broken links. The document emphasizes the importance of keeping links updated to maintain a professional, credible site.
This document provides guidance on starting an online business selling information products with resale rights. It recommends setting up a website using a domain name and hosting provider. TradeBit is suggested for starting free of charge since it allows hosting of files like zip files that shared hosting does not. Information products with master resale rights are best to sell since customers can also resell them. Quality products can be found on membership sites that provide many updated products each month for a low fee. The document stresses doing research to find unique, new products and avoid hyped up claims from sellers.
The Newbies Guide to Traffic Generation. The World Wide Web has truly pervaded all aspects of human existence. Everything
and everyone is going online now, and the move towards a totally connected world is
not “if” anymore, it’s “when”.
Statistics show that up to 85% of the people who spend time online also purchase
online. If you take the North American continent alone where more than 75% of the
population have a broadband Internet connection at home, even if a fraction of these
people buy online, it is still a huge market.
Effective use of technology in a job search by Greg David of Laka & Company G...Greg David
Greg David outlines effective uses of technology in a job search. He recommends using proven tools like contact management software to organize connections and automate communications. Key advice includes using LinkedIn to build expertise and networks, avoiding common mistakes on email and applications, and leveraging free tools like Twitter to share information and find open jobs. David emphasizes setting up systems to back up data and avoid technical issues that could delay a search.
Creating a successful email marketing campaign isn’t difficult, but it does require you to do more than just send out an occasional newsletter.
Unfortunately, many businesses still haven’t taken advantage of this powerful marketing tool for their business, either because they don’t know how, or they haven’t recognized the many benefits they can gain from email marketing.
The newbies guide_to_traffic_generationRadheyMishra2
Increasing traffic to your website is not an easy thing because there is no one thing that accounts for most of the traffic. If there were two factors that accounted for 50% of your traffic it is very easy to keep a track of it and ensure that there are no mistakes. Unfortunately traffic depends on a lot of small things that together give you the numbers.
If you think SEO optimization is what you need to be doing to get higher numbers, you will be surprised to find that it is actually backfiring if you leave out on quality of the content. If you concentrate a lot on the layout and do not spend much time thinking about the browsing experience, you are once again not doing everything. It is like a
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jigsaw that has a number of small pieces that have to mesh together, and even if one is missing there will be a very noticeable hole in the picture.
The basics like the content, tagging, linking, and layout are the first thing that you need to think of, but this will only let you achieve a certain amount of the potential that your site is capable of. You will still have to market it properly which is where the “driving traffic” comes in. Because everything is so cheap on the net when compared to traditional marketing, your costs may be lower, but this is offset by the amount of competition that you will have.
The document provides tips for opt-in list building and email marketing. It recommends creating a website with an opt-in form to collect names and email addresses. The website should have useful content to attract search engines and drive traffic. Email is a popular marketing tool, and lists allow you to regularly contact interested subscribers with newsletters, promotions, and other information. Proper list building and email marketing can open opportunities to reach potential customers.
Dave's Late Nite Blog Transcripts - Manning Mobile Media LLCDave Manning
Dave Manning discusses the importance of mobile marketing for small businesses. He emphasizes that Manning Mobile Media provides ongoing support and updates for mobile websites and apps, ensuring clients never have to search for assistance after the initial project. Manning also stresses that in today's business environment, having a mobile presence is essential for customer service and competitiveness. He encourages local business owners to take advantage of Manning Mobile Media's services and expertise in mobile marketing.
This document provides guidance on developing an effective online marketing strategy in 3 key steps:
1. Set your website objective such as lead generation, e-commerce, or a combination. Define what you want your website to accomplish.
2. Promote your website using search engine optimization, social media, press releases and other tactics discussed in the document.
3. Maintain ongoing communication through tools like email newsletters, autoresponders, offline marketing, and teleseminars to continue engaging with customers.
The document outlines best practices for each step and emphasizes the importance of compelling content, copywriting to highlight benefits over features, and testing strategies to improve results over time.
The Importance Of Getting Your Website Indexedaens338
Getting your website indexed by search engines is important so people can find your site. Unlike a physical storefront, websites have no foot traffic so people need to know your website's address or URL to visit. The best way to tell people about your site is to get it indexed by search engines when people search for related terms, rather than using spam emails which is illegal. You can help search engines index your site faster by adding links to it from your social media profiles and other web pages.
This document discusses the benefits and drawbacks of introducing an e-commerce system to an organization. Some key benefits include gaining a global marketplace and 24/7 trading, which allow businesses to target global audiences and trade at all hours. Low start-up and running costs also provide incentives for business owners. However, drawbacks include potential issues with consumer trust, lack of human contact, inaccurate product descriptions, and security concerns over financial information. Students are assigned the task of creating a mind map of e-commerce benefits and completing a template explaining these benefits and drawbacks, then placing their work on a blog.
QUICK START GUIDE TO EASY ONLINE PROFITS !!SahilSingh470
This document provides a summary of how to start an online business selling information products. It recommends setting up a website using a domain name and hosting provider. TradeBit is suggested as a free option for hosting information products. The document advises selecting niche information products with master resale rights to allow customers to resell the products. Private membership sites are recommended for finding quality, up-to-date products to sell. Proper marketing tactics like urgency messages and testimonials are also discussed. The summary establishes how to begin an online business with minimal costs by selecting the right information products and sales platform.
This document discusses various aspects of e-commerce websites including: global marketplaces that allow 24/7 trading with low startup costs; search facilities and fluid pricing to build consumer trust; potential issues with lack of human contact, inaccurate product descriptions, and security breaches; and technical components like browsers, web authoring software, databases, IP addresses, domain names, ports and protocols, and browser/platform compatibility. It also covers topics like paying for search engine prominence, newsgroups and forums, banners and popups, spam, effective user interfaces, customer loyalty, site names, direct marketing, hacking and virus prevention, identity theft protection, and using strong passwords.
The document discusses the benefits and challenges of e-commerce for businesses. It provides examples of HMV and Virgin moving successfully into online sales. Their websites feature videos, games and latest products for sale. Website security is strong since they are well-established brands. The main strengths are appealing to newer generations accustomed to online shopping and easy searches. A weakness is advertisements can confuse consumers on the site.
The document discusses the benefits and challenges of introducing an e-commerce system to an organization. Some key benefits include access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, low start-up and running costs, and effective search facilities. However, there are also challenges such as low consumer trust without human contact, potential issues with product descriptions, and security risks in providing personal information online. The document also outlines some of the technologies that power e-commerce systems, such as browsers, databases, domain names, and protocols to connect websites. Promotion of the e-commerce site through search engine optimization and paid placement is also mentioned.
Mozilla has launched a new marketing campaign called "Fox Yeah" to try to gain more Firefox users. The campaign encourages users to share invites with others via social media platforms. The Fox Yeah website is designed to be social and unite people. It aims to appeal to users through its simple and friendly design. Social media provides a powerful way for companies like Mozilla to promote their brands and find potential customers by sharing their message widely. Getting online traffic, even a small amount, is important for making money online through offers and advertisements. Free social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter can be used to affordably share ads and reach large audiences around the world.
The document discusses various aspects of e-commerce and online shopping. It covers topics such as the global online marketplace, 24/7 trading without physical stores, low start-up costs for websites, search functions on websites, fluid pricing that adjusts based on demand, building consumer trust, the lack of human contact online, limitations of product descriptions without seeing the physical item, security issues like identity theft, browsers to access websites, database systems to store information, and ensuring an effective user interface.
1. E-commerce allows companies to target global audiences 24/7 through online marketplaces and websites, increasing potential sales.
2. Operating costs are much lower for e-commerce businesses compared to physical stores, as they do not have expenses like rent, utilities, and staffing physical locations.
3. Websites provide useful search functions and fluid pricing that allow customers to easily find products and see up-to-date pricing, improving the customer experience.
The key technologies required for e-commerce include the internet, credit cards, browsers, web server software, web authoring tools, database systems, TCP/IP addresses, domain names, programming languages like HTML and PHP, and consideration of download speeds and browser/platform compatibility. Websites rely on a combination of hardware, software, networking protocols, and programming to function online and facilitate online transactions. Customer experience is impacted by factors like page loading speeds and ensuring compatibility across different browsers and devices.
This document discusses several key technologies required for e-commerce:
1. Browsers allow users to view web pages and examples include Firefox, Safari, Opera, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer. Browsers have features like address bars, toolbars, and status bars.
2. Web authoring software allows non-coders to create websites through a graphical interface and generates the required HTML. Examples are Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe Dreamweaver.
3. Database systems store product and customer information for e-commerce sites and examples include storing customer details for user accounts.
4. IP addresses, ports, and protocols allow data to reach the right location on a network and ensure devices can understand transmitted data
This document provides steps to fix broken links on a website. It begins by explaining how broken links negatively impact users' experience on a site and make the site seem outdated or abandoned. It then gives the benefits of fixing broken links, such as reducing bounce rates, increasing confidence in the site's content, improving the user experience, and boosting search rankings. The steps provided to fix broken links include using browser tools or link checker plugins to find and validate all links, then correcting or removing any broken links. The document emphasizes the importance of keeping links updated to maintain a professional, credible site.
This document provides guidance on starting an online business selling information products with resale rights. It recommends setting up a website using a domain name and hosting provider. TradeBit is suggested for starting free of charge since it allows hosting of files like zip files that shared hosting does not. Information products with master resale rights are best to sell since customers can also resell them. Quality products can be found on membership sites that provide many updated products each month for a low fee. The document stresses doing research to find unique, new products and avoid hyped up claims from sellers.
The Newbies Guide to Traffic Generation. The World Wide Web has truly pervaded all aspects of human existence. Everything
and everyone is going online now, and the move towards a totally connected world is
not “if” anymore, it’s “when”.
Statistics show that up to 85% of the people who spend time online also purchase
online. If you take the North American continent alone where more than 75% of the
population have a broadband Internet connection at home, even if a fraction of these
people buy online, it is still a huge market.
Effective use of technology in a job search by Greg David of Laka & Company G...Greg David
Greg David outlines effective uses of technology in a job search. He recommends using proven tools like contact management software to organize connections and automate communications. Key advice includes using LinkedIn to build expertise and networks, avoiding common mistakes on email and applications, and leveraging free tools like Twitter to share information and find open jobs. David emphasizes setting up systems to back up data and avoid technical issues that could delay a search.
Creating a successful email marketing campaign isn’t difficult, but it does require you to do more than just send out an occasional newsletter.
Unfortunately, many businesses still haven’t taken advantage of this powerful marketing tool for their business, either because they don’t know how, or they haven’t recognized the many benefits they can gain from email marketing.
The newbies guide_to_traffic_generationRadheyMishra2
Increasing traffic to your website is not an easy thing because there is no one thing that accounts for most of the traffic. If there were two factors that accounted for 50% of your traffic it is very easy to keep a track of it and ensure that there are no mistakes. Unfortunately traffic depends on a lot of small things that together give you the numbers.
If you think SEO optimization is what you need to be doing to get higher numbers, you will be surprised to find that it is actually backfiring if you leave out on quality of the content. If you concentrate a lot on the layout and do not spend much time thinking about the browsing experience, you are once again not doing everything. It is like a
P a g e | 30
jigsaw that has a number of small pieces that have to mesh together, and even if one is missing there will be a very noticeable hole in the picture.
The basics like the content, tagging, linking, and layout are the first thing that you need to think of, but this will only let you achieve a certain amount of the potential that your site is capable of. You will still have to market it properly which is where the “driving traffic” comes in. Because everything is so cheap on the net when compared to traditional marketing, your costs may be lower, but this is offset by the amount of competition that you will have.
The document provides tips for opt-in list building and email marketing. It recommends creating a website with an opt-in form to collect names and email addresses. The website should have useful content to attract search engines and drive traffic. Email is a popular marketing tool, and lists allow you to regularly contact interested subscribers with newsletters, promotions, and other information. Proper list building and email marketing can open opportunities to reach potential customers.
Dave's Late Nite Blog Transcripts - Manning Mobile Media LLCDave Manning
Dave Manning discusses the importance of mobile marketing for small businesses. He emphasizes that Manning Mobile Media provides ongoing support and updates for mobile websites and apps, ensuring clients never have to search for assistance after the initial project. Manning also stresses that in today's business environment, having a mobile presence is essential for customer service and competitiveness. He encourages local business owners to take advantage of Manning Mobile Media's services and expertise in mobile marketing.
This document provides guidance on developing an effective online marketing strategy in 3 key steps:
1. Set your website objective such as lead generation, e-commerce, or a combination. Define what you want your website to accomplish.
2. Promote your website using search engine optimization, social media, press releases and other tactics discussed in the document.
3. Maintain ongoing communication through tools like email newsletters, autoresponders, offline marketing, and teleseminars to continue engaging with customers.
The document outlines best practices for each step and emphasizes the importance of compelling content, copywriting to highlight benefits over features, and testing strategies to improve results over time.
The Importance Of Getting Your Website Indexedaens338
Getting your website indexed by search engines is important so people can find your site. Unlike a physical storefront, websites have no foot traffic so people need to know your website's address or URL to visit. The best way to tell people about your site is to get it indexed by search engines when people search for related terms, rather than using spam emails which is illegal. You can help search engines index your site faster by adding links to it from your social media profiles and other web pages.
This document discusses the benefits and drawbacks of introducing an e-commerce system to an organization. Some key benefits include gaining a global marketplace and 24/7 trading, which allow businesses to target global audiences and trade at all hours. Low start-up and running costs also provide incentives for business owners. However, drawbacks include potential issues with consumer trust, lack of human contact, inaccurate product descriptions, and security concerns over financial information. Students are assigned the task of creating a mind map of e-commerce benefits and completing a template explaining these benefits and drawbacks, then placing their work on a blog.
QUICK START GUIDE TO EASY ONLINE PROFITS !!SahilSingh470
This document provides a summary of how to start an online business selling information products. It recommends setting up a website using a domain name and hosting provider. TradeBit is suggested as a free option for hosting information products. The document advises selecting niche information products with master resale rights to allow customers to resell the products. Private membership sites are recommended for finding quality, up-to-date products to sell. Proper marketing tactics like urgency messages and testimonials are also discussed. The summary establishes how to begin an online business with minimal costs by selecting the right information products and sales platform.
This document discusses various aspects of e-commerce websites including: global marketplaces that allow 24/7 trading with low startup costs; search facilities and fluid pricing to build consumer trust; potential issues with lack of human contact, inaccurate product descriptions, and security breaches; and technical components like browsers, web authoring software, databases, IP addresses, domain names, ports and protocols, and browser/platform compatibility. It also covers topics like paying for search engine prominence, newsgroups and forums, banners and popups, spam, effective user interfaces, customer loyalty, site names, direct marketing, hacking and virus prevention, identity theft protection, and using strong passwords.
The document discusses the benefits and challenges of e-commerce for businesses. It provides examples of HMV and Virgin moving successfully into online sales. Their websites feature videos, games and latest products for sale. Website security is strong since they are well-established brands. The main strengths are appealing to newer generations accustomed to online shopping and easy searches. A weakness is advertisements can confuse consumers on the site.
The document discusses the benefits and challenges of introducing an e-commerce system to an organization. Some key benefits include access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, low start-up and running costs, and effective search facilities. However, there are also challenges such as low consumer trust without human contact, potential issues with product descriptions, and security risks in providing personal information online. The document also outlines some of the technologies that power e-commerce systems, such as browsers, databases, domain names, and protocols to connect websites. Promotion of the e-commerce site through search engine optimization and paid placement is also mentioned.
E-commerce provides several key benefits for businesses. It allows businesses to reach a global marketplace rather than just a local audience, increasing potential revenue. It also allows businesses to operate 24/7 and be accessible to customers around the world. Starting and running an online store is much cheaper than a physical storefront due to lower costs. E-commerce also provides search facilities to help customers find products and fluid pricing that adjusts based on supply and demand.
The document discusses several benefits of e-commerce for businesses, including access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading capabilities, and low startup and running costs compared to traditional businesses. It also discusses some weaknesses of e-commerce like lack of consumer trust, human contact, and potential product description and security issues. The document provides examples and explanations for each point.
The document discusses the benefits and weaknesses of e-commerce as well as the technology used to enable it. Some key benefits include access to global markets, 24/7 trading, low startup and running costs, and fluid pricing. Weaknesses include lack of trust, human contact, inaccurate product descriptions, and security issues. The technology section describes browsers, databases, domain names, ports and protocols. It also covers promotion techniques like search engine optimization, banners/popups, and establishing customer loyalty online. [/SUMMARY]
The basics of what you need to set up a website - Part 1Romany Thresher
The basics of what you need to set up a website. A lot of people feel they have been ripped off or not sure of what they need to set up a website, here are the basics to what you need to know to make an informed decision.
This document discusses the benefits of e-commerce. It notes that e-commerce provides a global marketplace that allows businesses to reach a larger, global audience. It also allows businesses to operate 24/7 and have lower start-up and running costs compared to traditional brick-and-mortar stores. E-commerce sites also enable fluid pricing and powerful search facilities to help customers find products more easily. However, e-commerce also faces weaknesses such as lack of consumer trust, lack of human contact, and potential security and product description issues that need to be addressed. The document also outlines some of the key technologies that power e-commerce such as browsers, databases, domain names, and ports and protocols.
E-commerce has become very popular for businesses and organizations to engage in online trading. It allows consumers to shop conveniently from home for a wide variety of products and services. While e-commerce provides benefits like convenience, greater selection, and new job opportunities, it also poses challenges such as security issues, delivery delays, and potential unemployment from brick-and-mortar store closures. Overall, e-commerce has significantly impacted modern commerce and society.
E-commerce has become very popular for businesses and organizations to engage in online trading. It allows for the buying and selling of products and services over the internet for both businesses and customers. Some key benefits of e-commerce include convenience for shopping from home, increased access for disabled and elderly customers, time savings from not traveling to stores, and access to a global marketplace. However, some disadvantages include potential job losses if businesses move entirely online, security issues that can undermine customer trust, and difficulties handling returns or complaints without a physical store presence.
Internet Marketing Guide - How To Do Internet MarketingIlya Bilbao
The document provides information for new internet marketers on various topics needed to get started, including domain name registration, hosting, graphics, outsourcing, billing, and using WordPress. It recommends Namecheap for domain registration due to fair prices and good customer service. It suggests Hostgator for hosting and discusses cPanel, FTP, royalty-free images, graphics software like Photoshop, and places to find freelancers like Upwork. It also covers using PayPal for billing and reasons WordPress is a good choice for websites.
E-commerce provides several key benefits including access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading, and low startup and running costs. However, e-commerce also faces challenges such as lack of consumer trust, lack of human contact, and security issues. Proper security measures need to be implemented like using strong passwords, updating antivirus software, and protecting personal information to address these challenges.
While people think that getting an e-commerce website is instant, they do not understand is that there is a lot that goes into making it perfect and accessible to customers. All the hard work is taken care of by the developers and coders who are the experts at the e-commerce development company in Bangalore while ensuring that a perfect e-commerce website is ready in no time.
E-commerce provides several benefits such as access to global markets, 24/7 trading capabilities, and low start-up and running costs. However, it also faces weaknesses like lack of consumer trust, lack of human contact, and product description problems. These issues can be addressed by ensuring security, providing contact details, and carefully writing accurate descriptions. The technologies that support e-commerce include databases, browsers, web authoring software, and domain names. Promotion methods involve search engine optimization, forums, banners, loyalty programs, and direct marketing. Security relies on strong passwords, virus protection, and identity theft precautions.
E-commerce provides several key benefits over traditional commerce including access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading capabilities, and low startup and running costs. However, e-commerce also faces weaknesses such as lack of consumer trust, lack of human contact, difficulties accurately describing products, and security issues. Key technologies that enable e-commerce include browsers, web authoring software, databases, IP addresses, ports and protocols, and domain names. Security measures such as strong passwords, antivirus software, and encryption help prevent hacking, viruses, and identity theft.
E-commerce provides several key benefits over traditional commerce including access to a global marketplace, 24/7 trading capabilities, and low startup and running costs. However, e-commerce also faces weaknesses such as lack of consumer trust, lack of human contact, difficulties accurately describing products, and security issues. Ensuring strong security measures are in place, such as strong passwords, up-to-date antivirus software, and encrypted webpages, can help address these weaknesses.
The document discusses the benefits and weaknesses of e-commerce as well as how technology enables e-commerce. Some key benefits include reaching a global marketplace with low start-up and running costs. However, weaknesses include a lack of human contact and potential security and privacy issues. The technology section outlines how browsers, databases, domain names, and protocols allow e-commerce to function online. Promotion methods like search engine optimization, banners, and direct marketing can drive traffic to e-commerce sites. Security measures are necessary to prevent hacking, viruses, and identity theft.
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- Une homepage ne devrait pas être faite pour plaire à tous. Elle t'aide à vérifier la pertinence de ta value proposition. Sois radicale, la haine est le plus court chemin vers l'intérêt ;)
- Par sa simplicité, une squeeze page te permet de savoir avec certitude ce qui marche.
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This document provides an overview of internet marketing strategies for small businesses. It discusses the importance of website effectiveness, generating traffic through search engine optimization, analytics, and paid advertising. Additionally, it covers list building, contact management, and email marketing. The goal is to help small business owners implement simple marketing tactics on their own to see increased business growth.
5 ways to increase your affiliate commissionsChidi Nwadiuto
Affiliate marketing is a business model with huge opportunities for marketers. In this report, you’re going to learn how to tap fully into that potential so that you can start earning BIG while working LITTLE.
The term passive income essentially refers to any revenue stream that doesn’t require your constant attention and care.
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That’s the bad news.
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Okay, so not quite fool proof.
In this report, you’re going to discover 5 ways that you can
start getting more from your affiliate marketing.
2. Benefits of E-commerce
Global Marketplace
The global marketplace is where people from all around the world can buy
things from your E-commerce site, once people start to buy products from
your site from all around the world that’s when you begin to build a global
marketplace.
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3. Benefits of E-commerce
24/7 Trading
The benefits of 24/7 is that you can purchase items from anywhere at any time
meaning you can order something to your home address and have it delivered
there in a few days with no closing time so if you are nocturnal you can lead a
somewhat normal life, well close to one anyway.
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4. Benefits of E-commerce
Low Start -up & Running Costs
The fact that it is based off of the internet means you don’t have to ire much
staff to keep it running you can hire 4 or 5 or maybe a few more to run the
website and then hire a couple of drivers unless you are going to use a third
party courier company in order to deliver all of your packages and then just
pay for the server.
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5. Benefits of E-commerce
Search Facilities
The fact that you can search to see whether the item you want is in stock or not is a
great convenience tool and will make people more happy because you have saved
them some time by allowing them to have sifted through some of the guff and
gotten straight to it therefore allowing them to make a purchase quicker and
heightening the chances of them telling others about you.
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6. Benefits of E-commerce
Fluid Pricing
Fluid pricing is the ability to modify the prices based off of supply and
demand meaning if demand is high you can either raise the prices and
when demand is low you can lower the prices meaning if you wait a
while you can always get that nice garden decoration that you always
wanted for a good price as long as demand goes low enough.
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7. Consumer trust
• consumer trust is a hard thing to build in conventional shops so imagine
how harder it is to build it in a shop that you never actually visit a shop
meaning no human interaction whatsoever just browsing and purchase no
people to explain something you are unsure about, there are no cashier’s
meaning the whole place feels very robotic and without a soul that on top
of the fact you hear stories about websites like this conning people into
buying things they wouldn’t normally buy or having them steal your bank
details and what not.
• And then once you have gained a level of consumer trust its hard to keep
as its lost easier then it is gained say if you’re delivery goes wrong or they
ship you the wrong item, these can impact consumer trust in a big way.
8. Lack of human contact
• The lack of human contact is a god send for people like me, but for people
in the older generations it probably feels like an empty way to buy things
without a personality and leaving it quite soulless, some people prefer to
have people around to ask to explain a product to them and some people
want to go to a till before they leave because its what they are used to and
people prefer to do something that they understand rather then venture
into something new, it was hard enough trying to get my mum to trust
Amazon.
• Personally I prefer the lack of contact, it makes the whole thing quicker
and removes many barriers that would otherwise the process down but
on a whole i can also see why people would not like this.
9. Product description problems
• If there is a product description problem that’s the fault of the staff who
research and run the website from the HQ so to speak.
• It is up to them to keep the information up to date and correct because if
the customer can find what the product is before you can they are
probably going to think that you are not running a business as good as you
could be
10. The Technology
Browsers
Browsers allow the user to view different pages of the site and to see
special offers and allow them to purchase things via the internet.
Web Authoring Software
This is the type of software used to create websites like e-commerce ones
and it can be modified in special software that allow people to create
websites in a slideshow like fashion or to create them in an HTML format.
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11. The Technology
Database systems
The database system is where they keep track of there products and how they
remember who you are e.g. Your email and your personal home address to
save you from having to type it in each time you order something but when it
comes to keeping stock its as simple as just checking what where and how
many there is.
IP addresses
Each computer has a unique IP address and that is to make sure that the
information goes to the right place instead ending up somewhere it shouldn’t.
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12. The Technology
Domain Names
The domain name is the virtual address(es) of your website by typing
these into your search engine or your address bar it will take you to the
desired website e.g. Amazon.com
Multiple Domain Registration
you may have more than one that all take you to the same place just in
case somebody makes a mistake while typing e.g. Amazoon will
probably take you amazon.com
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13. The Technology
Ports & Protocols
Ports & protocols act as a form of security and defence from malicious software
like viruses, key loggers and spyware if t wasn’t for all the ports and protocols
then the website would become infected and littered with these and once you log
onto the website so would computer become infected after having downloaded
some cookies from the site, protocols are a way communicating, lets say if two
people are in a debate and they do not agree on something most of the time it
becomes impossible to see that persons side of the argument and that is what a
protocol is, if two computers don’t sing the same tune they don’t communicate.
Browser & Platform Compatibility
To reach the most possible users the website has to be compatible with the
most browsers and browser types possible because by not doing that they
are losing out on a considerable amount of people.
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14. Promotion
Paying to be prominent in search engine results
Companies can pay search engines like Google to appear in the top of the search
rankings meaning that people will see there website quicker.
By doing this they can ensure that more people discover there website at a faster
rate because people will not have to search through pages and pages of results to
find them.
It acts as a form of advertisement (promotion)
Advantages- people will find your website quicker and easier.
Disadvantage- it goes to the highest bidder meaning if someone bids higher
then you, then you are going below them in the search ranking…simple.
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15. Promotion
Newsgroups & Forums
A newsgroup/Forum is a place on the internet where people come to have a
moan and a whine but also to speak about certain services and how they could
be improved and to often get into conversations.
Although if the newsgroup/forum is an official one instead of a third party one
there is a slight chance that the comments read on the website are going to
biased and censored where as most unofficial ones like IGN tend to be
biased because they are paid to give good reviews.
The advantages of this- is that you can get the opinions of other people
before you yourself go to buy a product.
The disadvantages is that- a lot of the websites that are newsgroups and or
forums are mostly biased in order to get a true opinion you must find people
who have promised to avoid the greed of the corporate machine.
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16. Promotion
Banners & Pop-ups
Now everybody hates pop-ups so I would suggest staying away from those but a
banner people don’t mind as long as it doesn’t get intrusive of what they are
trying to look at, at least I don’t anyway but what I'm saying here is that people
hate nothing more than something that just slows them down when it comes to
doing what they set out to do.
The disadvantage of these is that people just don’t trust them as for many years
story’s have gotten around over viruses getting on and destroying entire
systems from the inside out.
Most of these banners cause popups to happen from completely unrelated
websites to the banner that was clicked and then those continue to give you
viruses.
Advantages- it acts as a form of advertisement for the people who look around
even if they don’t click it, so regardless of clicks you are still making a name for
your product.
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17. Promotion
Spam
Spam is just a great way to get people to ignore you because we all know that
nobody ever achieved anything by forcing themselves in peoples face...well apart
from getting a punch in the face but anyway spam does nothing but help increase
the distrust of whoever is receiving it towards the sender, “yes” they might have
signed up to a newsletter but that does not mean spam them everyday with special
offers maybe do it once a week in a condensed little bundle and them people wont
mind it.
The disadvantages of spam- are that it causes a huge amount of distrust
between the person sending the email and the person trying to increase
there brand awareness.
The advantages- it allows you to get word out about your product at a much
faster rate despite it causing slight irritation to the people receiving it.
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18. Promotion
Ensuring An Effective User Interface
Ensuring an effective user interface is not hard, as long as it is easy to use and
easy to understand and to interpret the users will have no qualms in telling
other people about you whereas if your User Interface is hard to use and hard
to understand people will not feel very satisfied after having used your service.
The advantages of having a good user interface- from having a good UI that is
quick responsive and easy to use people are more likely to recommend your
website to other people.
The disadvantage- if it is a bad UI word will spread and people will avoid you
like a new plague has just struck.
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19. Promotion
Establishing Customer loyalty in a virtual environment
Establishing customer loyalty is a hard thing to do you can force is by having
things like gift cards that can only be spent at that certain website but to end up
building up that kind of customer/provider relationship you will have to have built
up a certain amount of consumer trust to the point where they don’t want to
shop anywhere else because they think that they don’t do as good of a job at
providing a service as you do
The advantages- customer loyalty is better than having more customers by a
slight margin because it means they will advertise you via word of mouth and
that you are more capable of milking for every penny they have.
Disadvantage- annoy them or have something go wrong then they will lose all
faith in you and probably never return.
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20. Promotion
Site Names
Your site name cant be similar then a site that is already out there because if it is
people will think you are just ripping off that website but if you make it different
enough to the point that people remember it then you have completed the first step
also remember to make the site name simple because if you have a really long
winded website name, the chances of them making a mistake while typing it
increases.
Advantage- having an unoriginal and small site name increases the percentage
that people will remember it and when needed can recommend it correctly.
Disadvantage- having a long winded and original name will just come across as
another generic name and will likely get you ignored.
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21. Promotion
Direct Marketing
You can do things like marketing through other websites like YouTube or
through search engines like Google either way its a way of popping up on
everyone's radar or maybe even advertise yourself on a website like
facebook because we all know that every mum on the planet is on that and
you want them to buy as much stuff as you can get them to for there family
and that because the more they buy the more advertisements you can afford
to put up on search engines and websites.
Advantages- you can tailor your advertisements to a specific audience
meaning you don’t have to spend more and then fall on deaf ears.
Disadvantage- get it wrong and then you have just wasted time and money on
tailoring an advertisement to the wrong audience.
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22. Security
Hacking
Hacking is the act of a group of people dedicated to breaking through the
websites security in the hope of either stealing some items or stealing
somebody's personal details and using them to possibly commit identity fraud
or to hold said person to blackmail or ransom.
Hacking Prevention
To prevent things like hacking the website will have an algorithm or something
dedicated o constantly changing the position of where a persons details are
stored or whether it just acts as a wall that blocks anything that doesn’t quite fit
into it, of course it will have to constantly have parts we-written as hackers find
ways to get around it or have parts just shifted around in order to keep one up on
the hackers.
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23. Security
Viruses
These malicious software sent through the internet to the websites in question
have to get through the security of the websites to actually do any damage but if
they were to get through they would cause catastrophic damage to people that
would end up receiving them in things like cookies and emails that contain
phishing scams or they could change the website all together.
Virus Prevention
You an prevent virus’s getting through by having multiple firewalls you can
slowly widdle down what virus’s that get through and then allow the protocol
to deal with the final ones.
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24. Security
ID Theft
ID Theft is the act of somebody somehow getting hold of your personal
information and then using for there own gain at the cost of your bank account
balance.
ID Theft Protection
To protect from such things websites should get there users to change
there website regularly and have multiple email addresses set up to one
account (one as the main one and one as the backup) along with several
security questions.
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25. Security
Strong Passwords
The reason strong passwords are encouraged is because there are people out
there who have written and created programs for the sole purpose of trying to
guess your password from an infinite amount of possibilities and sometimes
just to try and brute force hack into it the longer more complicated the
password the harder it will be to get into.
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26. Evaluate Existing E-commerce
Business Summary
For example I am going to use steam the digital distribution
platform for gamers
They sell games at crazy discounts regardless of
loyalty and how much you have bought
beforehand.
Look at those for
discounts. But look at
how well the page is
displayed, I can say that
from personal
experience this website
is easy to us and easy to
navigate, making the
customer be satisfied by
the service.
Discuss: What business sells, Why they would have moved into e-commerce, Structure of website, Layout of
products, Website security, Ease of use, Delivery options
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27. Evaluate Existing E-commerce
Strengths
Its strengths are that the service is easy to use and very rarely fails meaning the
customer is always left satisfied with the service delivered and is never left
receiving something that is considered to be less than optimal which is more
than can be said for company’s that provide the same kind of service.
Weaknesses
You can only use the games bought from there if you are signed in and have an
internet connection unless you set it to offline mode beforehand which does make
those new to it rather frustrated or those who have no online connection for a few
days.
Strengths- think about the benefits for this company when moving into e-commerce. Strengths of current site.
Weaknesses- think about problems that may have had to overcome. Weaknesses of current site.
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