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Cyber space is filled with all types of buyers, bargain hunters; those who seek to connect with other e-shoppers and discuss products from the comforts of their home. An armchair shopper! A website that offers products for sale need not be a simple electronic version of a catalog. These virtual storefronts apart from presenting a visual impression of the products that they sell also, provide a shopping cart to select and buy products online, help promote these products through advertisements, track order status, ship goods and manage inventories. What they are is a perfect foil to a brick and mortar presence! How does an e-store work? A prospective customer gets on to an e-store and views the product catalog on display there. He then proceeds to check out the features of these products, maybe even read reviews of these products and then makes a selection and adds them to a shopping cart. Checking out the items he selected and getting a confirmation on his order then follows. Payment terms can vary - from online credit card payments to alternative payment methods like Paypal. In the case of a store that stocks products in a ware house, the option of checking whether the product in question is available and then, if necessary, informing the warehouse of the unavailability of the product and ordering for more then follows. Once the product is purchased the cyber store ships the product. The store usually has signed up with a shipping service provider who does the actual shipping. Order status can be tracked online and this ensures that the customer can actually travel virtually with his product until it reaches its final destination. Let's take a look at a variety of web business models and see where these e-commerce options fit in. A business model is a way or method that a company does business and generates revenue. Internet commerce has given rise to different kinds of new models. Not just that, the web also has the capability to reinvent tried and tested models. For example, the web has popularized auctions and broadened the model's applicability to a wide array of goods and services. We have described our e-commerce services keeping in mind the business model that matches with it. These are solutions that would help most businesses, but we also specialize in customized solutions that are extensions of a simple e-store. Consider the merchant model for instance. The merchant model can be of different types - a virtual merchant who operates over the web like an Amazon.com, or a catalog merchant with a mail order business with a facility to order through the web, mail or phone and fax, a click and mortar operator who needs an online presence or someone who conducts both sales and distribution operations over the web. Brokerage models also require online stores. Brokers on the web are basically middlemen who bring buyers and sellers together on the web. They play an important role in all types of markets, be it B2C or B2B. A broker typically charges a member or seller a transaction fee based on the amount sold for. A broker can also cater to an entire business trading community or vertical, and display industrial information in the form of articles, forums, products, news, job listings and classifieds. A broker can also play the role of a distributor who connects product manufacturers with volume and retail buyers.
In addition to features like shopping cart, online payment options and product catalogs, what do customers look for in an e-store? Studies have proven that some of the important do's and don'ts when offering online sale of products are: 1. Keeping the shopping process from shopping cart to the submit button fairly simple. In order to avoid abandoned shopping carts and incomplete sales and unhappy customers it is imperative that a customer finds it easy to select and buy products. A good breadcrumb trail from the shopping cart to the check out like Amazon's will help take out the mystery that exists within the checkout process. Limit the number of steps involved in the checkout process. 2. Include tax and shipping costs in the shopping cart: Use the shopping cart to include the cost of the product and additional costs like the taxes involved. 3. Add gifting ideas like wrapping paper options before the checkout. When customers are addressing their purchase options on the product page, they can be asked questions like what color paper to use to wrap the gift, key in their gift card message and then move to the submit button and check out. 4. Put policy information and other rules and guidelines in pop-ups. Eg: Nordstrom.com. 5. Don't force registration. Allow customers a chance to fill in their shopping cart with goodies and then register. 6. Offer online order tracking features, online customer help and multiple shipping options. We can help you create the solution of your choice. We can deliver more than a first-rated web site, and help your business succeed with back-end business know-how and streamline order processing and fulfillment. Take a look at the options that are on offer here… Package I - Storeonline
Who is this option good for? Scenario What you need Price: US$1350 List of Features Features A shopping cart that allows customers to select the products of their choice and check them out at the online counter. A search facility to search for products Customer accounts: Personalized areas where members can login, register, add and delete and edit product information or any other relevant information. A web master would be in control and edit the information before publishing the information. An online payment facility that will help users pay online in a secure manner.
Payment Options compatible with leading payment gateways (enter just merchant
account details) to process payments online;
Add on Features Shipping: US$250 This feature will help you integrate shipping/courier options with leading shipping service providers. Package II - Inventory online For whom is this option good for Scenario Once the customer confirms an order online, the package checks that the order can be validated and the stocks are very much in the warehouse and only then is the order confirmed. While the order is being shipped the customer can check the status of his online order anytime during that period. This makes it possible for the customer to virtually travel with the package until it reaches him. This scenario actually can be worked on to other business models that can benefit from this package. In other words, this model is that of e-bay or Amazon or any other similar store. What you need Hosting: You need e-commerce hosting which supports ASP and MS SQL Server 7.0/2000. Payment: Sign up with a payment gateway service like Price: US$2,000
List of Features Shopping cart, customer account & order processing: Taxes: Payment & shipping options: Custom storefront appearance: System settings & services: Sales management & promotions: |
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