E-commerce

EBay is an online shopping and auction website that allows people and websites to trade, buy and sell variety of goods and services worldwide. Majority of sales takes place through a set time auction format. eBay has established localized websites as Paypal, Kijiji, and Stubhub in various countries to facilitate easier trading. eBay auctions provide a convenient, efficient, and entertaining market place in which to sell and shop (David and Richard, 2 000).eBay is a phenomenon in the expanding universe...

The dramatic effect which internet has on the global platform necessitates integration of internet facilities in the present day business today. The wide range of exposure which has been presented using electronic media has been highlighted by the electronic brochure, distribution channel, support channel, and marketing channel. This platform provides an easy and information loaded channel for the emerging customer. It is important to evaluate the delicacy of these channels which address the needs...

In contemporary business world, stiff competition has presented a major challenge for the organizations that seek to expand their market. This has therefore made many organizations to adopt strong marketing strategies in order to effectively compete with their competitors in the market. In the same way, organizations have embarked on e-business practices to ensure that they acquire a competitive advantage both locally and internationally. This is achieved through the use of e-business architectures...

Every organisation is affected by e-business and internet will keep on being important to many organisations. It has brought so much change to the way business is being conducted and has affected every business in many important ways. According to Trade and Enterprise, 2005 p.5, the main use of internet is to search for information that will help in making decisions. Fundamentally, e-Business is used to describe the use of information and communication to business processes across the economy to...

Security concerns are eroding internet users confidence and bringing a chilling effect on their online behavior. The startling rise in phishing attacks, spyware intrusions, virus infections and the compromise of personal data, have limited e-commerce activities of internet users. This paper is going to look at various security issues in E-commerce. It will look at vulnerabilities that have surrounded the e-commerce users and curtailed their level of involvement in this highly upcoming market. The...

More and more consumers are using E-commerce in every imaginable way because of its flexibility and interactive nature. From booking flights to shopping for items and gathering information on insurance, the internet is being harnessed in every way possible. However all the information available may not be incredible and how far it is endangering the customers and how much they trust this information and advice is questionable. A consumer international, a research based company has developed a project...

With adoption of technology in business, operations are running smoothly thus benefiting almost everybody (Bijan Fazlollahi. 2002). Electronic commerce has such benefits like banking or shopping any time and anywhere and elimination of middlemen. Sellers are also able to advertise their products easily through the internet targeting the right customers. In a nut shell electronic commerce or technology in business benefits both the sellers and the buyers. Gold peak industries is a multinational...

There are various cultural and financial risks for E-Bay in Asia. The financial manager faces the major problem in the form of exchange rate risks. The cost of procurements and the cost of the final product might vary from the destinations these have been purchased or sold. This has impact on margins, which is minimized using different financial tools. There are various financial risk experienced by thousands of finance professionals with interest in the Asia-Pacific region. E-Bay is one of these....

What are the advantages and disadvantages of selling books and goods over the internet The globalization of the world and modern day technology has made it possible to carry out complete businesses online. All the tasks of handling a business can be carried out online. Likewise, books are also traded, sold, and bought online. The biggest site for online book buying is Amazon. There are certain disadvantages as well as advantages of selling goods online. The advantages of the online book selling...

The emergence of computers in the commercial world has seen revolutionary changes in the way business processes are accomplished. The internet and the World Wide Web have to a large extent enabled traditional business processes to be conducted seamlessly over distant geographical locations. Elaborate e-commerce systems handle various processes of the transactions including enquiries, ordering and order tracking and payments. Traditionally these transactions were accomplished by human resources....

In the city of Paris in France, 10 years ago in 2000, Mobipocket saw light. This was the result of the collaborated efforts between Nathalie Ting and Thierry Brethes in order to fulfill the demand of an e-book reader that is secure and is also compatible with Palm OS, Symbian, Blackberry, Java Me and many other PDA operating systems. In the early months of 2000, the first version of the reader was introduced. Mobipocket succeeded in gaining a reputation of an innovative enterprise by introducing...