Ecommerce is the means of selling goods or services over the internet.
It comprises four main elements:
- An online catalogue displaying items for sale
- A shopping cart system allowing users to pick the goods and
place an order for them
- A payment system that receives
and encrypts credit card details for processing
- An order processing and fulfilment system by which
orders are managed and goods delivered to the purchaser
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This site provides information, advice
and resources for businesses wanting to sell goods and services
over the internet.
The site provides help through all stages of the process of setting
up an ecommerce site.
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Latest from the Ecommerce Times:
| Jerry Yang and Yahoo's Humble Beginnings |
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| Verisign Fesses Up About 2010 Hack Attacks |
| Verisign has alarmed the online security industry with its reluctant disclosure of repeated hack attacks on its network in 2010. The infrastructure company supports key servers of the Internet's backbone, serving as Top Level Domain host for .com, .org and .gov. That it was repeatedly penetrated in 2010 was first quietly disclosed in an SEC filing in October 2011. |
| Content Intent, Part 2 |
| It can be a little tricky talking about how and why media outlets allow, and indeed encourage, the diffusion of their content throughout the Web. For starters, people tend to be tightlipped about this strategy. No one from CNN, Fox News, MSNBC or Viacom agreed to speak on the record for this article. They are, apparently, much less eager to discuss sharing content than they are to actually share it. |
| Desk.com Makes Help Desks More Mobile, Social |
| Salesforce.com unveiled a new customer service help desk tool this week. Desk.com works with customer requests delivered over a social network. It is the byproduct of Salesforce.com's acquisition of Assistly last year. However, it is no mere product integration, said Alex Bard, former Assistly CEO and now vice president and general manager of Desk.com. |
| Zuckerberg to Keep Iron Grip on Facebook's Reins |
| Facebook has finally filed for its IPO. The social networking giant submitted an application to the SEC on Wednesday. It plans to raise up to $5 billion. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who cofounded the company in February 2004, currently holds a 28.4 percent stake. Details in the SEC document illuminated the extent of Zuckerberg's control over Facebook. |
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