E-Commerce Systems
Electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce, is the act of selling your products and/or services over the internet. The most common use of e-commerce is selling virtual products. Virtual products are delivered digitally. Some examples of virtual products are subscribing/purchasing the right to read premium articles of a website , purchase of a gift certificate that you receive via e-mail , purchase of music or video from a website (Given you have the ability to download the music or video by clicking on a link after the purchase), most online services. The reason why virtual products are so popular is simple : It is convenient for both the seller and buyer hence there is no need for traditional shipping methods. Nevertheless, online shopping is becoming extremely popular for traditional purchases of tangible products as well. In the begining people were chasing after bargain deals online. However, convenience factors such as not waiting in a line-up, being able to find the product and read reviews about a product or being able to compare products instantly , convenience of shopping at the time you would like to shop are now becoming the main reasons why people prefer to do their christmas shopping or why people like purchasing books online these days.
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There are several open source e-commerce systems that are pretty popular these days. For example, Os Commerce is an easy to use software for online shopping. Os Commerce is php based and is compatible with most browsers. Through Os Commerce, products can be classified and organized so that the buyer can find what they are looking for in no time. Also, Os Commerce has many functionalities such as, various methods of payments, catalogue mode, temporary and permanent carts, full tax functionality, real-time shipping quote, and multiple prices on a product depending on the buyers membership. Websites such as the Google Store and Mac Music make the use of Os Commerce. Another open source e-commerce system is Magento. Magento e-commerce system is quite modern. The back-end is quite advanced and intuitive . Magento has two versions. The open source version allows one to freely use the system but there are many modules that one may need to purchase from third party developer in order to make it fully functional according to your needs. And there is no commercial support for this type of licence. There is a commercial version of Magento which costs around $10000 at the time of writing this page . The commercial version of Magento has all kinds of modules you may need to get your e-commerce function properly and you get the support directly from the company who have created this e-commerce system
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