INTRODUCTION AND
BASICS
TOOLS OF E-COMMERCE:
WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVELEPMENT-
Building a website is first and foremost requirement to
start any e-business. It provides the business with an
interface with the customers. In order to be effective, this
interface should be attractive, contain relevant information
and should be easy to use. Website builders are the tools
that allow the construction of websites without manual
code editing. These tools are divided into two categories :
Online proprietary tools
Offline software tools
WEB HOSTING TOOLS- Web hosts are the
companies that provide space on a server owned or leased
for use by clients, as well as provide internet connectivity
in its data centers. They can also provide data center space
and connectivity to other servers located in their data
center, called colocation. If an organisation wants to set up
e-commerce application, it is very important for it to have
their website hosted on any of these web hosts.
SHOPPING CARTS- A shopping cart is a piece of
E-Commerce software on a web server that allows visitors
of the E-Commerce website to select items they are
interested to purchase and this is known as placing items
in the shopping cart or add to cart. These applications
provide a means of capturing a clients payment
information.
CARD PROCESSING TOOLS: Card
processing tools are very important for an E-Business as
these have all the required infrastructure to provide
security to the customer information and at the same
time, to make sure that the business is also not duped.
In a single E-Commerce transaction, a number of
participants play a key role. These include the customer,
the merchant, the payment gateway, the acquiring
banks processor, the credit card interchange, the
customers credit card issuer and the merchants
acquiring bank.
O NLINE SEARCH PROVIDERS: There is
a constant need of keeping an update of customers,
suppliers, their issues and means to have effective
communication.
E-COMMERCE VS TRADITIONAL
COMMERCE:
CONCLUSION:
In general, todays businesses must always strive to create
the next best thing that consumers will want because
consumers continue to desire their products, services etc.
to continuously be better, faster, and cheaper. In this
world of new technology, businesses need to accommodate
to the new types of consumer needs and trends because it
will prove to be vital to their business success and
survival. E-commerce is continuously progressing and is
becoming more and more important to businesses as
technology continues to advance and is something that
should be taken advantage of and implemented.
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