Saturday, July 19, 2008

transaction requirements for an e-commerce webpage

TRANSACTION REQUIREMENTS FOR AN E-COMMERCE WEBPAGE
A small home business starts an e-commerce webpage by choosing the templates displaying the product groups which the business will be selling to its customers.when the business has ensured regular visitors to the webpage and started converting the visits to sales,the webpage becomes visible in the search engines.

As the transactions start increasing,the hosting requirements of the webpage for a small business becomes necessary for the convenience of the customers who are making the purchases from this webpage.the orders may be in different stages and the e-commerce webpage displays the quantity of products which are to be sold,delivered to the customers and then the payment has to be collected.the e-commerce website has pages for all the stages of business transactions.

Businesses may have different websites for different product groups, which would be hosted by different hosts or they may have one product group which displays all the available products in the same website.while for different websites with less products the transaction requirements would be small,for the website displaying one product group with more product lists, the transaction requirements will be more.accordingly the hosting requirements have to be chosen for the customers convenience.ease of using the webpages ensures that the customers will return for making purchases and using the webpages regularly.

search engine visibility for the e-commerce webpage

SEARCH ENGINE VISIBILITY FOR THE E-COMMERCE WEBPAGE
An e-commerce website for a small home business has to make up links and keywords in the content and descriptions for search engine visibility.we have to gather the keywords most commonly used in web searches and then make the content of the webpage with these keywords.this will ensure that the webpage is found when the keywords are searched.

When we have ensured the visibility in search engines,then we make the content for attracting the attention of the visitors.we use a template which features the products and services for the visitors who are searching the keywords in the content.there may be other attractions for the visitors to come back to this webpage.

Then we have to display the product descriptions and images which would sell more often as buyers start visiting the webpage regularly.being a virtual reseller and advertiser for products and services the small home business has to make conversions of the page visits into sales.then the commission for each sale made on the webpage or the clicks made on the advertising links becomes an online business with regular visitors.

The e-commerce website has pages for business transactions,business communication and product display.the display of images and descriptions ensure that the visitors to the page become buyers and then the transactions page is required for making the sale.communication between the buyer and seller ensures that the customers return to the page for making purchases regularly for their convenience.

virtual shopping mall on the e-commerce webpage

VIRTUAL SHOPPING MALL ON THE E-COMMERCE WEBPAGE
A home based business which is selling products or services on the web,starts an e-commerce website.now it has to ensure the visibility of the page in the search engines.the webpages are displaying the products and services with their images and descriptions .these webpages belong to the product groups which are -

Fun and entertainment
Home and garden
Pets and toys
Sports and recreation

These product groups may be sold from the
Shopping mall
Virtual shopping mall

There are templates for these product groups with images,descriptions,product lists,product availability.the buyer clicks on the products and puts them in the shopping cart.this is virtual shopping.while in a shopping mall the buyer has the products displayed on the racks,in the virtual shopping mall the product images and descriptions are available on the webpages.

In virtual shopping the buyer avoids the queues,rush and crowds.the products are home delivered and the webpage links with the shopping mall from which the products are physically delivered.the home based business is like a virtual reseller for the shopping mall.

starting a new e-commerce webpage

STARTING A NEW E-COMMERCE WEBPAGE
A home based business usually uses the web for its business communication.when starting a website for its business,it has the options of choosing from a personal webpage,business webpage or a commercial website.businesses may be small,medium or small to medium and accordingly their transaction requirements are less or more.

For starting a new e-commerce website choosing the host is the first step towards building the website.next comes making the webpages for the site.the pages are purchase,orders,customers,sales,payments and the shopping cart which has the products display.since this is virtual shopping,the customers choose the products from the images and the product descriptions.when the product has been sold on the webpage,the dropshippers physically send the available products from the warehouse to the customers at their locations.

When setting up the shopping cart,choosing the products for selling is the initial step for the small business.by selling eproducts for downloads the small business avoids the physical sending of products to the customer locations.by selling virtual products the small home business does the selling from the website online and the products are available where they are displayed rather than being images for products which are to be physically sold.