What is E-commerce?

[allena]

Please anybody tell me about E-commerce and the benefits of E-commerce.

[goodroi]

E-commerce is the ability to conduct sales transactions online. This includes selling items on your website.

The benefits of e-commerce is that you are opening new revenue streams. Instead of having a website that only provides information you can have a website that provides information and also offers consumers a new way to purchase from you.

The downside are the security issues with e-commerce. Many e-commerce enabled sites make sales by accepting credit card information online. This credit card information needs to be protected from hackers and other attackers. Other common payment methods used in e-commerce transactions include e-checks and paypal payments.

If you would like to add an e-commerce capability to your website there are many solutions available to you. You can outsource it to a third party website or you can manage the e-commerce on your site. If you manage it on your site you can buy an off-the-shelf software package or design your own solution.

[erikko]

in my own perspective, e-commerce involves buying and selling purchase online as well as transferring funds, something about finance and money but the medium is the internet

[allena]

what is the process to have the E-commerce on our website?

[CLSbrunette]

We must not forget that e-commerce is a concept, and to follow the concept means you have understood well what encompasses it; first is that you should have a product to sell, and another thing you would have to consider is to review what is inclusive of online marketing. There would be no e-commerce without the presence of any client. So thru online marketing, we search for a client. In that process alone, there are a lot of things to do. But just so it is clear to everyone, e-commerce entails you having a store online and that could be a web site and blogs connected to it.

[allena]

We must not forget that e-commerce is a concept, and to follow the concept means you have understood well what encompasses it; first is that you should have a product to sell, and another thing you would have to consider is to review what is inclusive of online marketing. There would be no e-commerce without the presence of any client. So thru online marketing, we search for a client. In that process alone, there are a lot of things to do. But just so it is clear to everyone, e-commerce entails you having a store online and that could be a web site and blogs connected to it.

Is there any website that has the facility of E-commerce?

[nimitz1061]

what is the process to have the E-commerce on our website?

Start with defining your business. A shopping cart may be your answer, but you can't begin to make a decent selection without knowing what you want to do.

[nimitz1061]

Is there any website that has the facility of E-commerce?

Millions. Try Google.

[CLSbrunette]

You can actively participate in ecommerce by signing up in web sites like clickbank and choose a product or niche you are to use for ecommerce.
i understand even blogging can be one offshoot of ecommerce with the use of Google Adsense.

[ruby123]

Ecommerce is all activities through internet service. if you want any purchase from ecommerce site, you can purchase using credit card or debit card...

[Shanti C]

simply lazy purchasing of desired products....

[uniteklasers]

I'm hoping to sell my own products (books, etc.) online in the future when I have my Web site up. I was wondering what would be the best method of payment for e-commerce. I know Paypal is preferred, but what about just sending in a check beforehand? Is that completely outdated in e-commerce?

[mexabet]

This thread is an interesting read! Good insight!

[nimitz1061]

I'm hoping to sell my own products (books, etc.) online in the future when I have my Web site up. I was wondering what would be the best method of payment for e-commerce. I know Paypal is preferred, but what about just sending in a check beforehand? Is that completely outdated in e-commerce?

Well, pretty much. You have to wait 3-5 days to get the check, 4-7 days for it to clear, etc, etc.

This is why so many folks are reselling merchant accounts.. :)

David

[nimitz1061]

Well, not easily. Ecommerce is rather large in the US, so it is what we would call a "target rich environment".

Try amazon.com or ebay.com they're not bad examples.

[jdizon]

Hi nimitz. Thanks for the info, I say that it really is helpful.

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[cartman714]

good stuff

[NoraJones]

E-commerce is the ability to conduct sales transactions online. This includes selling items on your website.

The benefits of e-commerce is that you are opening new revenue streams. Instead of having a website that only provides information you can have a website that provides information and also offers consumers a new way to purchase from you.

The downside are the security issues with e-commerce. Many e-commerce enabled sites make sales by accepting credit card information online. This credit card information needs to be protected from hackers and other attackers. Other common payment methods used in e-commerce transactions include e-checks and paypal payments.

If you would like to add an e-commerce capability to your website there are many solutions available to you. You can outsource it to a third party website or you can manage the e-commerce on your site. If you manage it on your site you can buy an off-the-shelf software package or design your own solution.

Very Detailed information. There are many open source script available which can be used to build a ecom site.
Paypal is definitely the most popular method for accepting payments online.

[newviewit.com]

Things to keep in mind when selling online:

• Who is the customer?
• What do they typically buy and how do they hear about it?
• How do they like to buy this type of product or service?
• How often do they buy?
• How can the company best meet the customers' needs?

Recommend looking into PayPal or Magento for setting up your ecommerce shop

[mecy]

is the use of computer to buy and sell commodity