What you need to know before creating e-commerce website

E-Commerce is the process of practicing commercial activities including products, services and information. E-Commerce website is not only for buying, selling and trading anything using the internet or any other electronic devices; it also includes commercial advertising, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Point of Sale (POS).

E-Commerce Website covers the following points:

• The payment process of products or services.
• Negotiation processes between buyer and seller.
• Specifications of products and services.
• Customer service and after-sales service.
• Advertisings of products and services.
• Shipping and delivering products and services to the consumer.

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  E-Commerce is divided into 4 types which are:

Business to Business:

Before creating an e-commerce website, define the catalog, checkout flow, payment methods, shipping rules and backend integrations. Code95 can help through ecommerce website development services built around business goals and future growth.

This type is when companies target other companies and sell their products and services to these targeted companies like Cisco Company.

Business to Consumers:

This type is the common type when companies sell their products directly to the consumer and there are many examples for these companies like etail.

Consumers to Consumers:

This type is when consumers negotiate and sell products or services to each other directly to  end sales process over the internet like ebay Company.

Business to Government:

This type when companies provide products and services to governments.

Elements needed to build E-Commerce site and online store

-Provide a catalog contains information about the marketed product or service and have a guide to attract visitor and customers to the online store in a suitable place to market these products like a website or a billboard inside famous websites.

-Provide a service to receive orders, and this service is usually an online application.

-Provide a service to receive the paid money; this service can be a bank account, electronic cart, e-wallets, credit cards and traditional payment by traditional mail.

-Provide a service to transport and deliver products to customers.

-Provide a service to handle the frequently asked questions (FAQ).