E-Commerce
Author : Hugo Lantz, AF. Utami
The Ecommerce is the pecuniary exchange of goods, services and information via computer networks, including the Internet. The emergence of online sales is directly related to the emergence of the Internet in the mid-1990s.
The implementation of an e-commerce solution allows companies to increase their profit margins, through the introduction of an online sales mode. Easy to create and manage, the E-commerce generates significant income at lower cost, since it is operational every day of the week, at any time, and does not require the presence of a natural person.
Also, Payment methods are also more efficient, as they are managed by a structured electronic network, ensuring the payment of various fees on time. The costs and time of document management (postage, printing, handling, etc.) are thus reduced, and replaced by an electronic correspondence mode, at a lower cost.
In general, any company or individual wishing to create an online store (e-commerce), can usefully use a specialized e-commerce provider to study its market, its competition and therefore its positioning on the web.
Access to the products is very easy for the buyer by the fact that the order of a product is possible at a desired moment since a large majority of the online sites are functional twenty-four hours a day and seven days on seven. The e-buyer can therefore order such a product even on Sunday or in the evening, things that is only possible on the net.