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E-commerce and Shopping Carts
Electronic commerce (also referred to as EC, e-commerce or ecommerce) consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The information technology industry might see it as an electronic business application aimed at commercial transactions; in this context, it can involve electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, e-marketing, online marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), automated inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Electronic commerce typically uses electronic communications technology of the World Wide Web, at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although of course electronic commerce frequently depends on computer technologies other than the World Wide Web, such as databases, and e-mail, and on other non-computer technologies, such as transportation for physical goods sold via e-commerce.
Resource for above definition Wikipedia.org - because we would have to use about 10,000 words!
Imagine your clients paying their utility bill, taxes, auto payment, grocery bill, rent all via your website. This isn't difficult
and can be set-up in a very short period of time. Even if you are not set-up to take credit cards we can show you very affordable options (less expensive than most banks and
processing centers) that allow you to collect from your clients.
For those of you looking for a shopping cart -- there are many, many carts available. The price ranges from free to over $15,000.
We will listen to what your needs are and then find you several options based on your ability, time and budget.
In some cases, our clients like for us to maintain their cart and we have no objections to performing this function as part
of website maintenance.
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