This practical question and answer guide provides all the information business people need to know about e-commerce. It explains what it's all about, which technology is used, how to create and market a successful Web site, and how to incorporate e-commerce into an overall business strategy.
Despite the recent misfortunes of many dotcoms, e-commerce will have major and lasting effects on economic activity. But the rise and fall in the valuations of the first wave of e-commerce companies show that vague promises of distant profits are insufficient. Only business models based on sound economic propositions will survive. This book provides professionals, investors, and MBA students the tools they need to evaluate the wide range of actual and potential e-commerce businesses at the microeconomic level. It demonstrates how these tools can be used to assess a variety of existing applications. Advances in web-based technology--particularly automation and delegation technologies such as smart agents, shopping bots, and bidding elves--support the further growth of e-commerce. In addition to enabling consumers to conduct automated comparisons and sellers to access visitors' background information in real time, such software programs can make decisions for individuals, negotiate with other programs, and participate in online markets. Much of e-commerce's economic value arises from this kind of automation, which not only reduces operating costs but adds value by generating new market interactions. This text teaches how to analyze the added value of such applications, considering consumer behavior, pricing strategies, incentives, and other critical factors. It discusses added value in several e-commerce arenas: online shopping, business-to-business e-commerce, application design, online negotiation (one-to-one trading), online auctions (one-to-many trading), and many-to-many electronic exchanges. Combining insights from several years of microeconomic research as well as from game theory and computer science, it stresses the importance of economic engineering in application design as well as the need for business models to take into account the "total game." As the only serious treatment of the microeconomics of e-commerce, this book should be read by anyone seeking e-commerce solutions or planning to work in the field.
This book covers various standards in E-commerce, e.g. data communication and data translation. There are extensive illustrations on various issues ans E-commerce models, which provide a direction in the process of universal E-commerce. It is a complete guide to a business manager.
How to win in the world's largest retail market. China is the largest e-commerce market in the world and the most digital of the major economies. At the same time, many international brands are intimidated by the China market given their lack of familiarity and the significant cultural and language differences. The Smart Business Guide helps bridge this gap by providing a how-to approach to the China e-commerce ecosystem. E-commerce provides a powerful tool for brands to reach consumers and offers the predictability and statistical feedback that dramatically reduces the costs of a brand to enter the China market. A quick, punchy read, The Smart Business Guide is a useful book for consumer brands, retailers, and entrepreneurs. It covers critical areas such as: -- How any brand can be a pure-play e-commerce brand in China -- How Chinese consumers are different from U.S. consumers -- The main platforms and social media channels -- Case studies of success and failure in China -- How to deal with market entry challenges, trademark registration, and product approval -- How to compete and win in the most challenging--and most promising--retail market in the world
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business. The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute. Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs—in companies of all sizes—a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.
A Quick Read Into The World of E-commerce This book has lots of actionable information on how to make money online with ecommerce. The world is increasingly becoming tech driven. Think about it; you (or someone you know) have probably purchased something online. By so doing, you are probably among the over 40% of internet users (over 1 billion people) who have purchased something online via mobile, desktop, tablet or other devices. If you think about it from a business perspective, this means there is a huge potential to make money if you are a seller (1 billion potential customers!) and. But how can you go about it? How can you get a share of the over a share of over US$1.2 trillion that's transacted online every single year? Well, this book will show you exactly how to go about it. Whether you want to set up a C2C (customer to customer) business, a B2C (business to customer) business, or a B2B (business to business) business, it is important to build a solid understanding of the concept of ecommerce so that you start off with a strong understanding of the ins and outs of ecommerce. This book will show you everything you need to know about ecommerce to ensure you know what works, what doesn't and how to be the best at what you do. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Understanding E-commerce How To Get Started Decide What To Sell Prepare A Business Plan Things You Must Look Out For When Starting E-commerce Business Working Through The Red Tape Creating Your Site List Your Products Where The Rubber Meets The Road: Marketing Your E-commerce Store How Do You Build An E-commerce Business Where You Sell Your Own Product With Zero Money? Much, much more! Download your copy today and begin your Journey To Financial Freedom! Tags: Money, business, passive income, financial Freedom, elon musk, Tony robbins, internet, making money online, online business, Growth, Entrepreneur book, Entrepreneur mindset
The Complete E-Commerce Book offers a wealth of information on how to design, build and maintain a successful web-based business.... Many of the chapters are filled with advice and information on how to incorporate current e-business principles o
E-commerce. Some businesses have enjoyed tremendous success, while others that have been in it a while wonder why it’s not working as well as they had anticipated. Some businesses think they should be in it, but don’t know where to start. Others think all you need is a URL and a Web site and you’re in business. E-commerce encompasses all aspects of buying and selling online. That necessitates several Internet technologies, including enterprise resource planning, electronic-procurement and payment transaction processing, Web site design, EDI and XML, networking protocols, and security. E-commerce is where sales and marketing and IT meet. Each group needs to know something about the other’s side of the business to do business online successfully. E-Commerce For Dummies helps bridge the gap between technical and sales with: Explanations of both business strategy and technology A comprehensive overview of the diverse areas of e-commerce, including business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C). Case studies that show real-world examples of what strategies are succeeding and what strategies are failing The authors include Greg Holden, the e-Marketplace columnist for CNET and bestselling author of Starting an Online Business For Dummies, and two prominent analysts from the e-commerce division of IDC, one of the premier technology and business forecasting companies in the world. They provide guidance to help businesses just entering the e-commerce and companies that want to boost their e-commerce sales, including information on: Marketing and competing in Cyberspace Planning your storefront Processing and fulfilling online transactions Dealing with the back office, including managing the supply chain and setting up distribution and fulfillment systems With online sales increasing at a phenomenal rate, established “brick and mortar” firms as well as entrepreneurs are realizing that e-commerce represents a tremendous opportunity. E-Commerce For Dummies helps businesses seize that opportunity and get down to business—online business—fast.
Organic traffic from search engines through search engine optimization (SEO) is of paramount importance for ecommerce websites to be successful. Unfortunately, SEO advice targeted specifically towards ecommerce websites is scarce, not detailed and scattered in multiple places. As a result, people involved with ecommerce are likely to struggle to find relevant advice from SEO experts. The purpose of this book is to advise ecommerce business owners, executives, marketers and IT professionals on the ecommerce-specific tactics needed to increase organic search traffic.