Planning an E-Commerce Web Site
E-Commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services
across the Internet. An E-Commerce website can be as simple as a catalog page with a phone number, or it can range
all the way to a real-time credit card processing site where customers can purchase downloadable goods and receive
them on the spot. E-Commerce merchants can range from the small business with a few items for sale all the way to
a large online retailer such as Amazon.com.
Planning an E-Commerce Web site
When you begin to develop an E-Commerce Web site there is some basic information you need to gather. Building off the
right foundation will help ensure the success of the Web site and allow it to grow when the time comes.
- General List of Questions to consider:
- Domain Name Registration
- Designing a User Interface for your intended market.
- What kind of E-Commerce are you going to be engaged in?
- SEO and Marketing. Who is your traget market and how do you reach them?
- How many products are you going to sell?
- What characteristics will the products have; color, size, style?
- What is the estimated volume of purchases that are going to be made from the website?
- How much traffic will be visiting your Web site in addition to those making purchases?
- Is there going to be a database on the back end to query product information?
- Do you want a Custom SSL Certificate?
This is really the tip of the iceberg when gathering information to plan your E-Commerce Web Site. As you develop the
specifics of the Web site, new questions will surface. Effective planning now will save headaches in the future.
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