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 Online Companion, Electronic Commerce, Second Edition, Schneider/Perry
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C h a p t e r   4:
Electronic Commerce Software

Chapter 4

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.)
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.)

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Hosting Services

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

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

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Midrange Packages

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

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Solutions for Large Firms

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

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Exercises

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

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Additional Resources

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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