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What
is E-commerce
E-commerce
or electronic commerce
is about doing business
over Internet.
In broad
terms, it covers conducting
business by electronic
means. It can involve
electronic funds transfer,
supply chain management,
e-marketing, online
transaction processing,
electronic data interchange,
automated inventory
management systems,
and automated data-collection
systems. It typically
uses electronic communications
technology such as the
Internet, extranets,
e-mail, Ebooks, databases,
and mobile phones.
E-commerce
& you
E-commerce
is part of your day-to-day
business activities.
This is true for small
business as well. Just
think about how important
email as an electronic
communication tool to
your business.
However,
does your email address
promoting your business?
Does your products and
services can be sell
over the Internet to
those customer you've
never got a chance to
reach before? Is your
website as part of marketing
strategy which brings
your customer closer
to you? Would you be
more efficient to have
a system which automate
all your business process
including point of sale,
online shopping cart,
inventory management,
order tracing and accounting?
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The
Facts
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There
were
98,852
Web
sites
in
.nz
as
of
April
2003
of
which
83,018,
or
84%,
had
been
set
up
by
commercial
organizations.
Four-out-of-five
New
Zealand
companies
had
access
to
the
Internet
in
2001.
In
2002,
the
average
proportions
of
companies
with
websites
varied
from
44%
of
the
smallest
companies
(0-9
FTE)
to
87%
of
the
largest
companies
(100+
FTE)
Electronic
communication
activities
including
email,
sending/receiving
files
and
information
searches
were
the
most
frequent
activities;
performed
hourly
or
daily
by
over
75%
of
companies.
Approximately
half
of
the
organisations
were
involved
with
electronic
financial
transactions
on
a
monthly,
weekly
or
daily
basis
Half
of
the
organisations
were
purchasing
supplies
online
and
doing
market
research
online
on
a
monthly,
weekly
or
daily
basis.
After-sales
service
was
provided
online
by
30%
of
the
computer-using
organisations
and
26%
were
doing
electronic
delivery
coordination
Source:
Statics
New
Zealand
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