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.
The document summarizes the key benefits of having a business website, including being open 24/7 with a worldwide audience, lower costs to start and maintain than a physical store, making it easier for customers to find business locations and operating hours, and projecting a more professional image. It also notes that a website can expand the potential customer base by appealing to more online shoppers and that security measures can protect customers' financial information online.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
This document provides information about shopping carts and e-commerce platforms. It discusses the benefits of using a shopping cart software, including ease of use, saving time and money, support, boosting sales, accepting multiple currencies, and additional apps. It then evaluates and reviews several popular e-commerce shopping cart platforms: Shopify, Bigcommerce, Magento, WooCommerce, and OpenCart. For each one it provides pros and cons as well as links to more detailed reviews.
The document summarizes the key benefits of having a business website, including being open 24/7 with a worldwide audience, lower costs to start and maintain than a physical store, making it easier for customers to find business locations and operating hours, and projecting a more professional image. It also notes that a website can expand the potential customer base by appealing to more online shoppers and that security measures can protect customers' financial information online.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
This document provides information about shopping carts and e-commerce platforms. It discusses the benefits of using a shopping cart software, including ease of use, saving time and money, support, boosting sales, accepting multiple currencies, and additional apps. It then evaluates and reviews several popular e-commerce shopping cart platforms: Shopify, Bigcommerce, Magento, WooCommerce, and OpenCart. For each one it provides pros and cons as well as links to more detailed reviews.
The document discusses electronic commerce (e-commerce). It defines e-commerce as buying and selling products or services over electronic systems like the internet. It describes different types of e-commerce like business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-business, and consumer-to-consumer. The document outlines the history and advantages of e-commerce. It provides guidance on developing an e-commerce solution for small businesses, including finding a market need, writing effective copy, designing a website, marketing, and providing good customer service. It also discusses why small businesses need e-commerce and opportunities it provides for new entrepreneurs.
The document discusses recent trends in open source ecommerce platforms. It compares popular platforms like OsCommerce, ZenCart, Virtumart, and Magento. Magento is highlighted as one of the most fully-featured platforms due to its flexibility, speed, security and support for extensions. Key features of each platform are outlined, along with their advantages and disadvantages.
This Presentation is on mini project "Online Shopping". In This Presentation there are 19 slides with full description of project.If you want project's html file you can contact me on "kmshakya92@gmail.com" or "admin@grabguides.com"
This project is totally on HTML(with CSS) language. you can understand every page simply because i have designed it with comments.Feel free to contact:
Krishna Mohan Shakya
Mail: kmshakya92@gmail.com
or http://grabguides.com
http://monkshistory.com
The document discusses the history and evolution of PHP eCommerce from its early beginnings to the present and future. It describes how eCommerce emerged in the early days of the internet through closed systems and viewtron in 1983. The rise of the world wide web in the 1990s enabled eCommerce to begin taking off. PHP eCommerce platforms started emerging in the late 1990s and early 2000s with platforms like osCommerce and WP eCommerce. Major players like Magento and Drupal Commerce gained popularity in the late 2000s. The document notes that PHP eCommerce has now matured with over $1 trillion in annual eCommerce sales globally and discusses factors like the rise of mobile and enterprise
E-commerce involves the exchange of goods and services using electronic means like the internet. It requires a product, a website to display and sell the product, marketing to drive traffic to the site, an ordering system to accept orders, a payment system like credit cards, fulfillment to ship products, support for returns and issues. The main product categories sold online include computers, books, music, financial services, and more. E-commerce provides advantages like access to worldwide markets but also challenges like no personal contact and costs of infrastructure. Setting up an online store requires elements like promotion, an online catalog, purchase and payment systems, delivery, and customer support.
Shopdeck is a personalized shopping app that tracks purchases from multiple stores and emails in one place. It monitors package shipments, allows searching and browsing deals from favorite stores, and easily reorders common purchases. By connecting to email providers through OAuth, Shopdeck can extract purchase information without accessing users' private messages. It plans to offer this service for free to individuals while generating revenue from affiliate commissions and partnerships with stores.
Choose an e-commerce Web site and assess it in terms of the eight unique
features of e-commerce technology described Which of the
features does the site implement well, and which features poorly, in your
opinion? Prepare a short memo to the president of the company you have
chosen detailing your findings and any suggestions for improvement you may
have.
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.
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.
Presentation on online shopping site using javaHarmeet Walia
The document discusses the history and current state of online shopping. It notes that while online shopping is now commonplace, it is still relatively new, only emerging in the mid-1990s. As such, the document states that online shopping is still in its early stages and there is room to improve the experience for customers. The goals, hardware requirements, software requirements, advantages, and disadvantages of online shopping are also outlined.
This document provides instructions for setting up an online bookstore business. It discusses selecting book topics, creating an ebook, hiring writers, setting up websites and payment processing, marketing books through blogs and forums, and designing a database to manage bookstore operations and sales. Technical requirements that are mentioned include functions for customers to search, buy and track books as well as modules for inventory management, order processing, and running marketing campaigns.
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.
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.
This document describes an online book store project created using ASP.NET and SQL Server. It includes an introduction to .NET technologies, objectives to simulate an actual online book store and allow browsing/purchasing of books, requirements including minimum hardware/software specifications, screenshots of the home, contact, and admin login pages, and advantages like cost and time savings. The conclusion restates that the online book store allows customers to search, select, and purchase books online.
The document provides instructions for an e-commerce website design final project. Students must decide on the products to sell, target demographic, website design, and how to attract consumers. Their presentation should include the company name and logo, mission statement, example products and prices, ordering/payment process, data privacy/security, target customers, rival companies, promotions, and advertising plans. The final project requires imagination and a well-designed, informative PowerPoint presentation pitching the e-commerce idea with enthusiasm.
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 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.
Online Shopping is a lifestyle, e-commerce web applications, which provides various electronic and lifestyle products. This project allows viewing various products available enables registered users to purchase desired products instantly using now Cash on Delivery payment system can place an order by using option. This project provides easy access to Administrators and Managers to view orders placed using Pay Later options.
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 electronic commerce (e-commerce). It defines e-commerce as buying and selling products or services over electronic systems like the internet. It describes different types of e-commerce like business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-business, and consumer-to-consumer. The document outlines the history and advantages of e-commerce. It provides guidance on developing an e-commerce solution for small businesses, including finding a market need, writing effective copy, designing a website, marketing, and providing good customer service. It also discusses why small businesses need e-commerce and opportunities it provides for new entrepreneurs.
The document discusses recent trends in open source ecommerce platforms. It compares popular platforms like OsCommerce, ZenCart, Virtumart, and Magento. Magento is highlighted as one of the most fully-featured platforms due to its flexibility, speed, security and support for extensions. Key features of each platform are outlined, along with their advantages and disadvantages.
This Presentation is on mini project "Online Shopping". In This Presentation there are 19 slides with full description of project.If you want project's html file you can contact me on "kmshakya92@gmail.com" or "admin@grabguides.com"
This project is totally on HTML(with CSS) language. you can understand every page simply because i have designed it with comments.Feel free to contact:
Krishna Mohan Shakya
Mail: kmshakya92@gmail.com
or http://grabguides.com
http://monkshistory.com
The document discusses the history and evolution of PHP eCommerce from its early beginnings to the present and future. It describes how eCommerce emerged in the early days of the internet through closed systems and viewtron in 1983. The rise of the world wide web in the 1990s enabled eCommerce to begin taking off. PHP eCommerce platforms started emerging in the late 1990s and early 2000s with platforms like osCommerce and WP eCommerce. Major players like Magento and Drupal Commerce gained popularity in the late 2000s. The document notes that PHP eCommerce has now matured with over $1 trillion in annual eCommerce sales globally and discusses factors like the rise of mobile and enterprise
E-commerce involves the exchange of goods and services using electronic means like the internet. It requires a product, a website to display and sell the product, marketing to drive traffic to the site, an ordering system to accept orders, a payment system like credit cards, fulfillment to ship products, support for returns and issues. The main product categories sold online include computers, books, music, financial services, and more. E-commerce provides advantages like access to worldwide markets but also challenges like no personal contact and costs of infrastructure. Setting up an online store requires elements like promotion, an online catalog, purchase and payment systems, delivery, and customer support.
Shopdeck is a personalized shopping app that tracks purchases from multiple stores and emails in one place. It monitors package shipments, allows searching and browsing deals from favorite stores, and easily reorders common purchases. By connecting to email providers through OAuth, Shopdeck can extract purchase information without accessing users' private messages. It plans to offer this service for free to individuals while generating revenue from affiliate commissions and partnerships with stores.
Choose an e-commerce Web site and assess it in terms of the eight unique
features of e-commerce technology described Which of the
features does the site implement well, and which features poorly, in your
opinion? Prepare a short memo to the president of the company you have
chosen detailing your findings and any suggestions for improvement you may
have.
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.
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.
Presentation on online shopping site using javaHarmeet Walia
The document discusses the history and current state of online shopping. It notes that while online shopping is now commonplace, it is still relatively new, only emerging in the mid-1990s. As such, the document states that online shopping is still in its early stages and there is room to improve the experience for customers. The goals, hardware requirements, software requirements, advantages, and disadvantages of online shopping are also outlined.
This document provides instructions for setting up an online bookstore business. It discusses selecting book topics, creating an ebook, hiring writers, setting up websites and payment processing, marketing books through blogs and forums, and designing a database to manage bookstore operations and sales. Technical requirements that are mentioned include functions for customers to search, buy and track books as well as modules for inventory management, order processing, and running marketing campaigns.
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.
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.
This document describes an online book store project created using ASP.NET and SQL Server. It includes an introduction to .NET technologies, objectives to simulate an actual online book store and allow browsing/purchasing of books, requirements including minimum hardware/software specifications, screenshots of the home, contact, and admin login pages, and advantages like cost and time savings. The conclusion restates that the online book store allows customers to search, select, and purchase books online.
The document provides instructions for an e-commerce website design final project. Students must decide on the products to sell, target demographic, website design, and how to attract consumers. Their presentation should include the company name and logo, mission statement, example products and prices, ordering/payment process, data privacy/security, target customers, rival companies, promotions, and advertising plans. The final project requires imagination and a well-designed, informative PowerPoint presentation pitching the e-commerce idea with enthusiasm.
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 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.
Online Shopping is a lifestyle, e-commerce web applications, which provides various electronic and lifestyle products. This project allows viewing various products available enables registered users to purchase desired products instantly using now Cash on Delivery payment system can place an order by using option. This project provides easy access to Administrators and Managers to view orders placed using Pay Later options.
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 several advantages and disadvantages of online shopping and e-commerce websites compared to traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Key advantages include websites being accessible 24/7 from anywhere in the world, having lower start-up and running costs than a physical store, and allowing for easier product searches. However, some customers may prefer human interaction and be worried about security, privacy, or inaccurate product descriptions online. The document also covers related topics like internet browsers, web authoring software, and techniques for advertising and marketing websites.
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]
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Mage Titans USA 2016 - Brendan Falkowski Designing the B2B ExperienceStacey Whitney
I spent the last four years advocating for responsive design as a scalable strategy to beat consumer’s expectations in a multi-device world. The B2C world shifted dramatically from designing for a screen to designing for users, which put tremendous pressure on B2B businesses to keep pace.
My last two years were focused on the B2B space and extending the considerations of RWD to customers that behave differently than a consumer but have the same critical eye.
This presentation details my thought process designing the user experience and services for the B2B customer and what it really takes to beat the curve.
The document discusses different types of software tools that technicians use to remotely fix and diagnose computer issues. It notes that whether the computer has a desktop operating system or a mainframe, there are software tools available for technicians to perform tasks like upgrades, monitor disk usage, and troubleshoot problems. Technicians use specialized and common software programs to do their work fixing issues for customers.
E-commerce is revolutionizing business through online transactions conducted via desktop computers and wireless devices. Key advantages include access to hundreds of millions of online customers, easy price comparisons, immediate feedback, and lower distribution costs. E-commerce encompasses various models like business-to-consumer (B2C), consumer-to-consumer (C2C), peer-to-peer (P2P), and business-to-business (B2B). Revenue can be generated through sales of digital goods, software rentals, advertisements, subscriptions, and hosting/development services. Factors for customer loyalty include efficient, easy-to-use storefronts and pages that load quickly.
The document discusses various aspects of electronic commerce (e-commerce), including business models, advantages, revenue streams, security concerns, and design considerations. It provides information on business-to-consumer, business-to-business, consumer-to-consumer, and business-to-employee e-commerce models. Transaction security, payment processing, website usability, and attracting customers are some of the key topics covered.
The document discusses several key concepts regarding e-commerce including definitions of traditional commerce models versus e-commerce models, considerations for building an e-commerce site such as necessary web and database servers, and the growth of B2B e-commerce from $131 billion in 2000 to a projected $1.55 trillion in 2003. It also examines issues such as barriers to entry into e-commerce, security concerns regarding transmitting customer data online, and privacy issues relating to collection and use of personal customer information.
2. Benefits of E-commerce
Global Marketplace
Having a global marketplace means that there is a global target audience raver than just the people in the local area of the shop.
Having a global marketplace is an advantage over having a local market because it would mean that the shop would attract a larger
number of customers and it would make advertising more effective because the target audience for the advertisement would be
everyone who sees it.
An example of a business that would benefit from having a global marketplace raver than a local marketplace would be
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3. Benefits of E-commerce
24/7 Trading
A shop that is open 24/7 will gain customers that shop when most shops have shut meaning that there will
be more customers overall.
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4. Benefits of E-commerce
Low Start -up & Running Costs
Having a low start up and running cost would mean that if the company failed as a business that there would be less cost and having
a low running cost would mean that there is more profit to business and the minimum profit required to not make a loss would be
less.
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5. Benefits of E-commerce
Search Facilities
With a good search facility costumers would be able to find products items that they want to buy faster and easier which would
encourage the customers to spend more by buying more products.
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6. Benefits of E-commerce
Fluid Pricing
When the price of an product item changes due to demand or availability on an online shopping website the website could
change the price of that item automatically raver than manually changing the price in each physical shop.
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7. Weaknesses of E-commerce
& how to address this
Consumer Trust
Customers may be concerned about the security of there personal details such as credit card details when they shop online, most of the
people from the previous generation (older people) feel uncomfortable when using E-commerce, so they would want to be reassured
about how the website would be secure and safe to use.
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8. Weaknesses of E-commerce
& how to address this
Lack of Human Contact
People from the previous gen and traditionalists would prefer to buy items with the aid of a human being as they would value there
service higher than that of a machine because they can ask any question and revive an answer with a human which is is better
because usually a machine can only answer a limited amount of questions.
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9. Weaknesses of E-commerce
& how to address this
Product Description Problems
When shopping online there is usually a description and an image of each product that is
being sold, however on websites the description may be unreliable or/and not trusted due to human or web coding errors.
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10. Weaknesses of E-commerce
& how to address this
Security issues
When buying items from an online company the customers main concerns are usually whoever or not their financial details
being used Inappropriately or if the security used to protect there personal data is properly secure.
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11. The Technology
Browsers
A browser is software that reads HTML code to browse the internet for example Firefox,
Google Chrome or Internet Explorer.
Web Authoring Software
A Web site development system that allows Web pages to be visually created like a
desktop publishing program. It generates the required HTML code for the pages
and is able to switch back and forth (in varying degrees) between the page layout
and the HTML. At a high level, the software is judged by its GUI tools used for
designing the page. At a low level, the clarity of HTML code that is generated
determines how easily people can modify and maintain the site.
Comprehensive products can read an entire, existing Web site and display it as a
graphical hierarchy of pages. Such products are used to manage the site from that
point forward. See Web development software and HTML editor.
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12. The Technology
Database systems
E-commerce websites use a database in order to store data about the range of products
that are available to on the website and also to store information about how customers use
the website and their financial details.
A company may get another company to build a database for the E-commerce in order to
make it easier to create a E-commerce website, after the database has been created it can
be easily adjusted to change things for example prices of products on the site.
IP addresses
An IP (internet protocol) address is a unique code that is used to identify and locate a
single computer that is connected to the internet.
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13. The Technology
Domain Names
A domain (website) name should be short, memorable (odd names are more memorable
that normal names) and it should relate to the what is on the website
Multiple Domain Registration
Many businesses may have more than one domain name, This is because it will direct users
to the main website if the user has typed the domain in incorrectly. Rival business will
often try and buy domain names with similar names to big companies to try and reach a
wider target audience.
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14. The Technology
Ports & Protocols
A port is what connects an IP to a protocol (the web browser) when using a web browser.
Browser & Platform Compatibility
A browser is software that reads HTML code to browse the internet for example Firefox, Google Chrome or Internet
Explorer.
A platform is a type of OS, for example a phone OS is to only be used by a phone like windows 8 for windows phone.
Examples of browsers are: Firefox, Safari, Opera, Google Chrome and most commonly Internet Explorer.
Examples of platforms are: Mac, PC, PDA, Mobile phone, ipad.
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15. Promotion
Paying to be prominent in search engine results
When using a popular search engine, what is typed in search terms is not always the most
relevant sites. Not necessarily - often, search engines look for search terms within the web
pages they've collected and indexed. The results usually reflect t how well the search engine
can produce relevant search results to your inquiry but some search engines will rank sites
higher in your results if the site pays a fee, regardless of its relevance to your terms.
There are two main ways to have a search query such as the name of a business to
be prominent in a web search engine such as Google search results which to be the most
searched for and relevant entry or to pay a search engine to rank a site or sites higher in the
search results.
Positives
More people would find the site when searching for other things or general things
It acts as an effective advertising for the company
Negatives
It costs a lot
Make participating search engine less reliable and trustworthy
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16. Promotion
Newsgroups & Forums
Newsgroups
Positive
Are effective at keeping a product or service popular by keeping people up to date with what the product or service is
doing and has done recently.
Negative
Forums
Positive
Its cheap to make and use
Negative
People are put off having to sign up to something due to privacy concerns.
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17. Promotion
Banners & Pop-ups
A banner is the rectangle/s on websites that display adverts and pop ups are the boxes that display adverts that appear when a
person visits a page of a website or clicks on a link to a website
Popups
Advantages
They are cheap to buy
Disadvantages
Popups annoy people
People can fillter out popups
Banners
Advantages
Cheap to buy
Disadvantages
May be ignored by people
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18. Promotion
Spam
Spam is advertisements that are sent on emails to people who allow a company to allow other company's to use there
email address to send them spam emails.
Advantages
Its cheap to use
Disadvantages
People find spam annoying and will not be very interested in even looking at them
People can get spam blockers
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19. Promotion
Ensuring An Effective User Interface
If a website is simple and easy to use it would encore people to use to site, especially if there are no pop ups or banners.
More people are likely to use a website that looks professional and the opposite happens if the website looks unprofessional with make the
designing of the layout of as website very important.
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20. Promotion
Establishing Customer loyalty in a virtual environment
If a website impresses a first time customer the person is more likely to revisit the website, every good website aims to make a
good first impression on the first time a person visits the site.
To keep current customers using a website the company may pay to have special offers that are only available to people who have
an account on the website.
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21. Promotion
Site Names
If a website has short and/or memorable name it will make it easier for potential customers to remember to site name and therefore are more
likely to use the site.
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22. Promotion
Direct Marketing
To avoid advertising items/services to people what won’t buy the items/services the adverts for the items/services are
targeted to be advertised to only people who match a particular criteria witch describes people who would buy the
items/services which is the target audience.
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23. Security
Hacking
Hacking is someone gaining unauthorized access to another persons financial/personal data or/and their computer or online account.
Hacking Prevention
This can be done by making sure the user logs off ever time they log into their account and by having suitable antivirus
and firewall software installed on their computer and also having an additional firewall on the router/swich.
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24. Security
Viruses
Viruses are malicious software that hack into a persons computer in order to damage it or to steal information from it for example
Trojan Horse or worm.
A Trojan Horse is a virus the appears to be another program and only attacks the computer once it has been installed onto a computer.
A worm is a virus that copies itself repeatedly in order to overload the hard drive.
Virus Prevention
This can be done by installing both a software (on the hard drive) firewall and a hardware firewall (on the router or
switch) and it also can be done by installing anti-virus software (on the hard drive).
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25. Security
ID Theft
Identity theft is for someone to use another person's identity to access their resources or to get hold of credit and other benefits in
that person's name.
ID Theft Protection
This can be done on a e-commers website by having a suitable anti-virus/firewall on an online server for each
customer which secures their financial details when they use the site.
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26. Security
Strong Passwords
A strong (good) password is necessary to prevent hackers from guessing peoples passwords to their accounts and therefore hacking into their
account.
In order to create a strong password the password should contain various types of characters and both upper and lower case, the password
should contain one of each of the below and be a specified number of digits.
Uppercase
Lowercase
Symbol EG / or &
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27. Evaluate Existing E-commerce
Business Summary
The summary of business is important because it describes how well the company manages and sells new and existing products.
A business summary usually contains the following:
Description
Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Values
Goals
Market research and Market differentiation and Marketing message and Marketing mix and Measurement
Sales
Operations plan
Personnel Plan
Financial Plan
Executive Summary
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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28. Evaluate Existing E-commerce
Strengths
By having a plan for a business it makes it a lot easier to organize business meetings and to manage financial issues.
When evaluating a
Weaknesses
When making a summary for a business usually requires a lot of time and organizing skills to create. A poorly made plan will be very bad
for a business if it is used.
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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