What is the difference between a website and an e-commerce website?
• An ordinary website presents prospective customers with only information and the only purchasing options available are off-line. On the other hand, an e-commerce website not only presents all the required information, but also provides secure options to complete the sale online in real time. • An ordinary website is like a copy of your printed catalog, only presenting information, whereas an e-commerce website is a new business unit that complements your existing traditional selling channels and accentuates an entirely new sales/distribution channel. • An ordinary website offers limited security options. On the other hand, e-commerce websites provide options for high levels of security by encrypting data and transferring it over secure servers. • An ordinary website operates entirely outside your existing business system. All orders have to be manually entered into the system and processed off-line. Whereas an e-commerce website provides inventory control, order processing and order
