Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
What is eCommerce & how to set up an online e-commerce website? Source: http://www.provab.co.in Electronic commerce or ecommerce is a term for any type of business, or commercial transaction that involves the transfer of information across the Internet. It covers a range of different types of businesses, from consumer based retail sites, through auction or music sites, to business exchanges trading goods and services between corporations. It is currently one of the most important aspects of the Internet to emerge as online retail is absolutely convenient due to its 24-hour availability, global reach and generally efficient customer service. Ecommerce solutions are basically the type of business model, or segment of a larger business model, that enables a firm or individual to conduct business over an electronic network, typically the internet. E-commerce operates in all four of the major market segments: business to business, business to consumer, consumer to consumer and consumer to business. Ecommerce software can be thought of as a more advanced form of mail-order purchasing through a catalog. Almost any product or service can be offered via ecommerce website, from books and music to financial services and plane tickets. Ecommerce software allows consumers to electronically exchange goods and services with no barriers of time or distance. E-commerce has expanded rapidly over the past five years and is predicted to continue at this rate, or even accelerate. eCommerce depends on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Ecommerce software development & deployment has expanded rapidly over the past five years and is predicted to continue at this rate, or even accelerate. Carrying out business transactions electronically provides numerous competitive advantages over primitive methods. When implemented properly, ecommerce software is often faster, cheaper and more convenient than the traditional methods of bartering goods and services. There are so many open source eCommerce platforms available in the market today. Each ecommerce platform has its own pros and cons and has been designed with a slightly different user in mind. Uploading products and customising your store can be very time consuming, so it is better to make sure you have given several ecommerce platforms a try before you make that final decision and integrate the best ecommerce platform into your site. With more and more ecommerce software available in the market one can build an ecommerce website of any size: from a small web store to a virtual shopping mall.
Citation preview
What is eCommerce & how to set up an online e-commerce website?
Source: http://www.provab.co.in
Electronic commerce or ecommerce is a term for any type of business, or commercial transaction that involves the transfer of information across the Internet. It covers a range of different types of businesses, from consumer based retail sites, through auction or music sites, to business exchanges trading goods and services between corporations. It is currently one of the most important aspects of the Internet to emerge as online retail is absolutely convenient due to its 24-hour availability, global reach and generally efficient customer service.
Ecommerce solutions are basically the type of business model, or segment of a larger business model, that enables a firm or individual to conduct business over an electronic network, typically the internet. E-commerce operates in all four of the major market segments: business to business, business to consumer, consumer to consumer and consumer to business. Ecommerce software can be thought of as a more advanced form of mail-order purchasing through a catalog. Almost any product or service can be offered via ecommerce website, from books and music to financial services and plane tickets.
Ecommerce software allows consumers to electronically exchange goods and services with no barriers of time or distance. E-commerce has expanded rapidly over the past five years and is predicted to continue at this rate, or even accelerate. eCommerce depends on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems.
Ecommerce software development & deployment has expanded rapidly over the past five years and is predicted to continue at this rate, or even accelerate. Carrying out business transactions electronically provides numerous competitive advantages over primitive methods. When implemented properly, ecommerce software is often faster, cheaper and more convenient than the traditional methods of bartering goods and services.
There are so many open source eCommerce platforms available in the market today. Each ecommerce platform has its own pros and cons and has been designed with a slightly different user in mind. Uploading products and customising your store can be very time consuming, so it is better to make sure you have given several ecommerce platforms a try before you make that final decision and integrate the best ecommerce platform into your site.
With more and more ecommerce software available in the market one can build an ecommerce website of any size: from a small web store to a virtual shopping mall. A ready storefront, support for many payment and shipping options, full inventory control, unlimited products, promotional tools, and other ecommerce software features out-of-the-box can all be achieved depending upon the eCommerce services. An ecommerce service should be such that it removes much of the complexity involved in setting up shop, combining 100% product compatibility with a single billing relationship.
The moment one decides to open an online store for buying and selling of their favourite stuff, or in short an ecommerce website, in-numerous necessary and unnecessary questions come to the mind about resources, design, price etc. The most necessary one among them is which eCommerce platform should be used. The eCommerce software you’ve decided upon will be the foundation of your entire e-commerce site and will not likely be changed in the future, therefore it’s utmost important that one checks and know all of the features and chooses the best eCommerce platform. Some of the best open-source shopping carts available on the Internet are Magento, osCommerce, PrestaShop, VirtueMart, Zen Cart and Cube Cart.
Ecommerce can be a very rewarding venture, but not overnight. It is important to do a lot of research, ask questions, work hard and make on business decisions on facts learned from researching ecommerce.
Regarding Author:
Author is a senior business analyst and an expert in ecommerce development and marketing strategy implementation.
Resources:
http://www.provab.co.in
http://www.provab.co.in/ecommercesolutionswithcustome-commerceshoppingcarts.html
http://www.provab.co.in/awardforecommercesoftwaredevelopmentproject.html
