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.
Create Your Own E-Commerce Site
Here are the steps you will need to follow as you create your own E-Commerce enabled Virtual Private Server.
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:
- What kind of E-Commerce are you going to be engaged in?
- 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?
- How much e-mail is going to be used on the server?
- 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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E-commerce Help
- E-commerce Glossary - List of terms and phrases often used
in conjuntion with E-Commerce web sites.
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