What are the e-commerce options for business?
These are some basic Internet/Web e-commerce transaction models: The web brochure Simple product description web site. Relies on pushing customers to traditional outlets. Email contact is usually provided for further enquiry. The enhanced web brochure Can take orders by email, fax, phone, including credit card purchases. Product is shipped. Credit card numbers usually are not secure when passed over the Internet. The e-commerce mall site Places your web site on a web mall (host) with other e-commerce merchants and usually includes shopping cart, secure server and credit card processing. The e-commerce host site Similar to above except you are an independent entity on the web host and have more control of the setup and software yourself. The in-house site You do the lot yourself, that is, setup and run the web servers, backup, and connectivity in-house. You can be as sophisticated as you like with electronic payment systems and end-to-end secure credit card processing. You need to be we
