First what is ecommerce?
The online world designates web sites devoted to retail
sales as an e-commerce site. E-commerce sites sell
either information or hard goods such as cameras or
knifes. E-commerce sites also have Shopping Carts
and Payment Gateways attached to them that non-sales
web sites do not need.
Electronic commerce or E-Commerce is about setting
your business on the Internet, allowing visitors to
access your website, and go through a virtual catalog
of your products / services online. When a visitor
wants to buy something he/she likes, they merely,
"add" it to their virtual shopping basket.
Items in the virtual shopping basket can be added
or deleted, and when you're all set to checkout...you
head to the virtual checkout counter, which has your
complete total, and will ask you for your name, address
etc. and method of payment (via credit card). Once
you have entered all this information you can then
just wait for delivery. Ecommerce allows consumers
to electronically exchange goods and services with
no barriers of time or distance. Electronic commerce
has expanded rapidly over the past five years and
is predicted to continue at this rate, or even accelerate.
In the near future the boundaries between "conventional"
and "electronic" commerce will become increasingly
blurred as more and more businesses move sections
of their operations onto the Internet.
Business to Business or B2B refers to electronic
commerce between businesses rather than between
a business and a consumer. B2B businesses often
deal with hundreds or even thousands of other businesses,
either as customers or suppliers. Carrying out these
transactions electronically provides vast competitive
advantages over traditional methods. When implemented
properly, ecommerce is often faster, cheaper and
more convenient than the traditional methods of
bartering goods and services. Electronic commerce
has also led to the development of electronic marketplaces
where suppliers and potential customers are brought
together to conduct mutually beneficial trade.
For Beginners:-
Although there are many complete Internet marketing
courses being sold online (many are very good by
the way), these courses are often more beneficial
to the business person or entrepreneur who has already
started their online business. These people already
have a big picture of what they want to sell online
and how they want to go about doing it. They just
need to fine tune their marketing skills and implement
a few advanced marketing techniques to be profitable.
Like most average persons, I wanted some extra money
to supplement my regular income. I had considered
a part time second job at times, but hated that
option because it would take me away from the family,
make me more tired and probably just pay minimum
wage. I also wanted to be able to work from home.
Beginners Guide to Ecommerce has been written
to give you access to free resources and help in
choosing:
? Domain name,
? Web site hosting,
? Writing web pages,
? Search engine optimisation and much more.
You know you want to start a web based business
and everyone is presenting you with ideas and options.
The list of what you must do is expanding and confusing
with everyone giving you something new that you
simply have to do if you want to succeed.
You have the product you want to promote; it is
a product which you can sell over the internet.
Beginner's guide assumes you already have an idea
for your ecommerce site and have an product to sell
or information to provide. Beginners Guide to eCommerce
is an information site, a teaching site. It does
not sell a product. The Beginners Guide to eCommerce
will point you to other sites which may be useful
in your search for a successful ebusiness. The majority
of the sites give free or low cost resources which
you will find useful as you learn your new trade.
For more information see our What is Ecommerce
and Ecommerce for begnners.
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