- Explain the type of website
E-Commerce
websites are specialized websites which have various menus you can choose from
to make purchases online so that you don't need to be searching all over the
place for a specific item.
- Purpose of the site
The purpose of
these sites are to allow people to buy things online and have them shipped to
themselves or to others in order to avoid having to deal with the hassle of
fighting other people over an item or dealing with an out of stock item.
- What is the advantage of this type of site
You can buy
almost anything online as well as you can buy stuff only offered online as well
as it is easy to be notified when something goes on sale, or is finally being
sold to the public, or you don't have the ability to go out and make the
purchases so you don't have to trouble anyone or yourself and just have the
item shipped to you.
- What is the disadvantages of this type of site
When you
purchase an item online it takes a while to get to you whereas if you purchase
it in store you have it right there. There is also no guarantee that it will
get to you in decent condition or on time because of various handling/delay
issues.
- What is needed to set-up the site
You need a
directory for the site so people can navigate easily to the type of items they
wish to purchase, an up to date listing of all items available at the company
at the moment, pricings for each item individually and a way to make purchases
whether through paypal or a credit card or some means.
- What would the pages include for this site
There would be
a home page for the site where you can see special deals or current hot items
that the site offers at the moment, separate directory pages for each specific
type of item that is sold as well as a specific page for each individual item,
a customer service page for ways to track your purchase or get help with
certain needs and a shopping cart page so you can view your current purchases
as well as make the purchases for the items.
- What type of maintenance is involved and needed for
this website
Constant
updates to current sales of items, item prices as well as if the item is in
stock or not and possibly how many are currently in stock.
- What software is needed to develop this site
You can go
through separate softwares for the site such as Web-Hosting Service, Shopping
Cart Software and Card Processing or you can go through an E-Commerce software
pack such as Volusion, Shopify or Shopping Cart Elite.
- What coding methods will be used
HTML, CSS, PHP,
Javascript and MySQL
- What type of customer/client/individual/company uses
this site and why
Normally big
companies with large warehouses use these kinds of sites to get rid of
inventory they don't need as well as make a profit but these kinds of sites can
also be used by people who have specific skills to make unique or personalized
items that people would find interesting and can't purchase from normal stores
and things like that.
- Give examples of this type of site (Images) and Company
names
Newegg.com
Ebay.com
ThinkGeek.com- What makes this a static website or a Dynamic website
and why
This is a
Dynamic website because it has multiple parts of it that uses flash and
interactive information on it. It keeps
the home page up to date with current special sales and lets you scroll through
them without losing your place on the site where you are at.
- What type of hosting, server and other technologies are
need to launch this site
You need a Web
Hosting site to host your coding, a Card Processing application so people can
make payments, and a Shopping Cart program so they can pick what they want
- Include references for your research
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