E-commerce is commonly known as electronic commerce and is defined as the absolute set of procedures that carry commercial or business activities over a network. It also further abets in electronic commercial transactions. This is an entirely new concept in global business world and technologies like electronic data interchange to transfer information or documents electronically are extensively used here. Electronic transactions involve the transfer of ownership or rights to use a good or service. Thus, the technology has been categorized into “Virtual Storefronts” on websites with online catalogs.According to the recent studies, it has been discovered that those businesses that attain their patrons through physical avenues like retail stores are experiencing a rising expanse in comparison to their revenue. In such a shifting business scenario, presently e-commerce is becoming new way to promote their goods/services; it can also keep a direct link with its clients. In today’s world where people always prefer time saving devices like plastic money and mobile technologies, ecommerce is the best solution.The main benefits of ecommerce are numerous. It can be a platform for buying and selling as well as money transactions. These
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ECommerce Websites – Getting Started
Posted by coder
on November 29, 2011
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So you have a great product and you want to set up your own ecommerce website. How do you go about setting up your first e-commerce site? Should you pay a full service website designer to design your e-commerce site from scratch? Should you use a free template or purchase one? What about using a free platform like Magento or Big Cartel? And what about using some of the free blog platforms like WordPress or blogspot? Although, there is no right answer, I hope to give you a few pros and cons for each of these choices based on my own experiences. Hopefully my own trial and error will save you some time and money.Start with a Good Ecommerce Template When I first started working on my ecommerce website I started with Magento, Magentocommerce, which is a free and very powerful open source tool that offers many “bells and whistles” such as the ability to create micro-sites, merchandising and promotions campaigns, email marketing campaigns, do SEO and much more. First, I found and used a free Magento store template online, found a hosting service and followed the
Cost Effective Ecommerce Solutions
Posted by coder
on November 24, 2011
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Ecommerce use to be about spending thousands of dollars on setting up your shop and hundreds of dollars on getting a merchant. My, how things have changed over the years. Now anyone with a few hundred of dollars in their pocket(or less if you have the time to learn it yourself) can have a great working ecommerce system up and running in the matter of days. This also includes the full ability to accept payments from Credit Cards, manage customers, create invoices and more.The most cost effective ecommerce solution on the market today is Oscommerce.com. Why is it so cost effective, well because it is free. All you need to do is learn it yourself or get someone who works in the web world(a web designer or programmer) to set it up for you. This can run you anywhere’s from $500-$900, give or take a bit depending on the features you want and if you want it integrated into a custom built design. In a all in one solution you can set up products to sell, have a visitor sign up and pay via the osc(oscommerce) payment


