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Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Extra Case


Electronic Commerce Software

Introduction

webMethods
Giddings and Lewis boring mill

What Kind of Software Solution
Do You Need?

Fundamental Electronic Commerce Requirements

L. L. Bean
     (Example of a large transaction-volume Web commerce site.)
MP3.com
     (Example of a large transaction-volume Web commerce site.)
QuickBuy
GS-ShopBuilder
     (Small store hosting and commerce services.)
SmartShip
     (Identify the least expensive express delivery shipper.)
UPS, FedEx, Airborne
     (Rate calculations.)
Yahoo! Store
     (Small store hosting and commerce services.)

Marketing Smarts

NetCreations
     (PostMaster.)
Submit It
Metabot Pro
     (Add metatags to all your pages.)

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Hosting Services

Advantages of a Web Host over Self-Hosting

Top Hosts
     (Lists of Web Hosts.)
Ultimate Web Host List
     (Lists of Web Hosts.)

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Basic Packages

Fundamental Host Services

CNet's Quick Site Builder (formerly B-City)
BizLand.com
     (formerly Click2Site.com)
HyperMart

Banner Advertising Exchange Sites

Banner Exchange
BPath (formerly HyperBanner)
Exchange-it
LinkExchange
Smartclicks
Adbility
(formerly Web Publisher's Advertising Guide: Banner Exchange Programs)

Full Service Hosting

GeoShops
GS-ShopBuilder
Virtual Spin Internet Store
Yahoo! Store
Yahoo! Store stores listing

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Midrange Packages

Featured Packages

INTERSHOP Merchant Edition
LiveCommerce
Net.Commerce Start
Site Server Commerce Edition
Site Server Online Seminars
     (Microsoft; you need high bandwidth to watch/listen.)

Other Midrange Packages

AbleCommerce Developer

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Solutions for Large Firms

Commerce Exchange
     (InterWorld)
Netscape Commerce Expert
     (Netscape)
Net.Commerce Pro
     (IBM)
One-To-One (at the site, click on 'Solutions')
     (BroadVision)
Pandesic Web Business Solution
     (Intel and SAP)
Transact
     (Open Market)

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Exercises

Exercise 1

Build your own Yahoo! Store
     dotCup1 (A dozen stacked coffee cups.) -- 28KB
     dotCup2 (Four stacked, blue coffee cups.) -- 14KB
     dotCup3 (Four stacked, brown coffee cups.) -- 13KB
     dotCup4 (70s-colored cup and saucer.) -- 14KB
     dotCup5 (Cup, saucer, spoon, and sugar cube.) -- 12KB
The Coffee and Tea Merchant
     (Demonstration Yahoo! Store.)

Exercise 2

CNet's Quick Site Builder (formerly B-City)
BizLand.com
     (formerly Click2Site.com)
Freemerchant.com
GeoShops
HyperMart
GS-ShopBuilder
Yahoo! Store

Exercise 3

AltaVista
Google
HotBot
C1 BuySite and C1 SupplySite
CommerceXpert
LiveCommerce
Net.Commerce Pro
Pandesic Web Business Solution

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Additional Resources

Actinic Catalog
AdKnowledge.com
     (Measuring the effectiveness of your advertisements.)
B2BXchange
     (Create a Web storefront for free without knowing HTML.)
Bpath (formerly Hyperbanner.com)
     (Banner exchange and much more.)
CommerceNet
DomainMart
     (A service allowing you to bid on and reserve domain names.)
Freemerchant.com
     (Free commerce hosting in exchange for banner ads.)
Gomez.com
     (Ranks Web merchants for quality and customer service.)
Hostway
     (Web hosting and e-commerce hosting.)
iHTML Merchant
Impulse
Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB)
     (Not for profit organization for Internet advertising.)
Merchant Manager
One-to-One Business/Retail Commerce software
     (BroadVision Inc.)
Poor Richard's Web Site
     (An extensive list of e-commerce and shopping cart software with prices.)
Register.com
     (Domain name registration service.)
ShopSite
ShopZone
SoftCart
webMethods
     (B2B software to aid procurement using the XML protocol.)
Banner Advertising, Part 1
     (Everything you want to know about banner advertising!)

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