C h a p t e r 4: Electronic Commerce Software
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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.)
Women in Music
(Example of a relatively small Web commerce site.)
Marketing Smarts
NetCreations
(PostMaster.)
Submit It
Metabot Pro
(Add metatags to all your pages.)

Advantages of a Shared Web Host over Dedicated or Self-Hostings
Top Hosts
(Lists of Web Hosts.)
Ultimate Web Host List
(Lists of Web Hosts.)
Cost Analysis of Using a Shared Web Host
CNet's Quick Site Builder (formerly B-City)
ShopBuilder
Yahoo! Store

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
Bigstep.com
ExoticFruit demonstration store
ShopBuilder
Virtual Spin Internet Store
Yahoo! Store
Yahoo! Store stores listing

Featured Packages
Commerce Server 2000 (formerly Site Server Commerce Edition)
INTERSHOP enfinity
INTERSHOP enfinity white paper
(pdf format)
Site Server/Commerce Server Online Seminars
(Microsoft; you need high bandwidth to watch/listen.)
WebSphere Commerce Suite
Other Midrange Packages
AbleCommerce Developer
Maestro Commerce Suite Professional Edition

Commerce Exchange
(InterWorld)
iStore
(Part of Oracle's e-commerce suite of applications)
Netscape Commerce Expert
(Netscape)
One-To-One Enterprise
(BroadVision)
Pandesic Web Business Solution
(Intel and SAP)
Transact
(Open Market)
WebSphere Commerce Suite Pro

Exercise 1
Build your own Yahoo! Store
Cup1 (A dozen stacked coffee cups.) -- 28KB
Cup2 (Four stacked, blue coffee cups.) -- 14KB
Cup3 (Four stacked, brown coffee cups.) -- 13KB
Cup4 (70s-colored cup and saucer.) -- 14KB
Cup5 (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)
Click2Site
Freemerchant.com
HyperMart
ShopBuilder
Yahoo! Store
Exercise 3
AltaVista
Google
HotBot

Actinic Catalog
Engage, Inc. (formerly AdKnowledge.com
(Measuring the effectiveness of your advertisements.)
bCentral
(Microsoft's hosted storefront)
CommerceNet
DomainMart
(A service allowing you to bid on and reserve domain names.)
eStoreManager
Freemerchant.com
(Free commerce hosting in exchange for banner ads. Highly rated!)
GoBizGo
Gomez.com
(Ranks Web merchants for quality and customer service.)
Hostway
(Web hosting and e-commerce hosting.)
Bpath (was Hyperbanner)
(Banner exchange and much more.)
HyperMart
iHTML Merchant
Impulse
INEX EBusiness Solutions
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.)
ShopZone
SoftCart
TheCounter
(Provides in-depth site traffic reports)

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