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Inexpensive E-Commerce Solutions for Small & Home-Based Businesses:
You Don’t Have to Spend a Fortune to Start Selling Online
By: Learn2succeed.com Incorporated
Take a look at why e-commerce is so important today. Learn about Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) which is involved in Business to Business (B2B) relationships and e-tailing in the Business to Consumer (B2C) area. Find out how to accept payment and how to deal with international currencies. Learn about the fulfilment process and why timely delivery is so important to the success of your business. Look at why security and privacy are such important issues for your customers and how to address them. Examine hosting alternatives, cybermalls and other issues relating to e-tailing. Take a tour of inexpensive software which you can use to establish your own e-commerce Web site. Most of these are easy-to-use solutions that don't require any programming knowledge and can get you up and running in no time. Take a look at the challenges of integrating your back office and accounting systems with your e-commerce software. A full chapter is devoted to hints on how to fine-tune your Web site and make it e-commerce friendly. There is also a brief description of affiliate programs. You will find out how to plan for e-commerce and what it is going to cost. Take a look at some of the taxation issues relating to e-commerce and then take a trip into the future and find out why e-commerce will be so important for the survival of your business in the years to come. This book is a great place to start if you want to learn about inexpensive e-commerce solutions for your small or home-based business. Find out how to do it inexpensively for about $100 per month. You don't have to spend a fortune to start selling online!
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION What do We Mean by E-commerce? B2B and B2C E-commerce is a Component of Web Marketing Chapter 1 How Much Business Is Being Done Over the Web? Early Predictions The Current State of Retail E-Commerce The Status of Worldwide B2B E-Commerce Chapter 2 - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) The Role of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Trading Partners Adopting EDI Value-Added Networks (VANs) & Value-Added Services The Focus of the Rest of this Book Chapter 3 - Retail E-Commerce or E-Tailing What is E-Tailing? Traditional Retailing vs. E-Tailing The Role of Disintermediation The Disintermediation Balancing Act Impact of E-Tailing on the Commercial Real Estate Market Impact of E-Tailing on the Employment Market Chapter 4 - Methods of Payment, Security & Privacy Credit Card Merchant Status Third Party Credit Card Processors International Currencies Security of Transaction Privacy Credit Card Merchant Identification Credit Card Adjustments for Returns and Lost Shipments Chapter 5 - Fulfilment What is Fulfilment? Digital Fulfilment Non-Digital Fulfilment US-Canada Cross-Border Shipments Overseas Shipments Customs and Tax Matters Chapter 6 - To Host or Not to Host? Web Hosting Do-it-Yourself Hosting Use a Hosting Company Co-Location Chapter 7 - Cybermalls What is a Cybermall? Financial Transactions in Cybermalls Examples of Cybermalls The Future for Cybermalls Chapter 8 - Issues Relating to E-Tailing Main Types of E-Commerce Software The Shopping Cart The Checkout Chapter 9 - Examples of E-Commerce Software Just Add Commerce® (JAC) Just Add Promotion® (JAP) StoreFront™ Standard Edition SalesCart™ EROL® Electronic Retail Online Zilron Storecreator PDG Shopping Cart Q-Shop Storefront System Chapter 10 - Integration with the Back Office The Back End Gap Chapter 11 - Fine Tuning Your Site for E-Commerce Make Your Site User-Friendly Make Your Site E-commerce Friendly Clearly State Your Shipping Charges Free Shipping Frequent Shopper Discounts A Word of Warning About Contests Chapter 12 - Affiliate Programs What is an Affiliate Program? Chapter 13 - Planning for E-Commerce Get to Know the Competition! The Marketing Strategy Methods of Distribution Packaging Image Advertising and Lead Generation Premiums and Incentives The Marketing and E-Commerce Plan Sources of Online Marketing and E-Commerce Statistics Chapter 14 - What's it Going to Cost? A Rough Estimate Equipment Costs The Time Costs Chapter 15 - The Future For Taxation on E-Commerce Transactions Cybertax?? - Oh NO!! Taxes on Inter-state and Inter-provincial Transactions Chapter 16 - The Future of E-Commerce E-Commerce is Here to Stay The Future of E-tailing Comparison Shopping The "E-commercialization"of Education The "E-commercialization" of Legal, Accounting and Other Professional Services The "E-commercialization" of the Hospitality and Travel Industries The "E-commercialization" of the Publishing Industry The "E-commercialization" of the Gambling Industry The "E-commercialization" of the Adult Entertainment Industry The Battle of Free Content vs. Paid Content Conclusion
ORDER NOW FROM THE PUBLISHER: PRODUCTIVE PUBLICATIONS Inexpensive E-Commerce Solutions for Small & Home-Based Businesses: You Don't Have to Spend a Fortune to Start Selling Online by: Learn2succeed.com Incorporated; 130 pages, ISBN 978-1-55270-118-8 softcover; published in 2002; $24.95.
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