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E-COMMERCE
Most businesses would like to sell products over the internet, but there are some basics that need to be understood. An ecommerce site has 3 major components.
The shopping cart is basically the order form, where the customer sees what they are purchasing and all the costs associated with the order, eg item price, tax, shipping, etc and where you collect information about the customer, eg shipping and billing, and credit card information.
Product administration, is where you can add, edit or delete products. This includes sales price, image of the product and product descriptions, etc.
Merchant account is how you will bill the customer, eg, credit cards, checks, paypal, etc. If you choose to accept credit cards, you can do this automatically, but you need to connect to systems that will check the credit card for fraud, credit limits, etc. There are several ways to handle orders, eg shipping and handling, options, etc.
MORE (About the Online E-Commerce Process)
MORE (Compare Merchant Accounts)
MORE (Definition of E-commerce Terminology)
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