A. Online Business Expansion Proposal 1. Facilitate customer payment using e-commerce solutions: Cover Up, Inc. offers custom window coverings. The company’s current website is very basic, listing only a brief description of the store and some featured products. It does provide an online option to purchase merchandise. To thrive in today’s global market, a business that wants to be online must provide an easy way to purchase and pay for products online.
The benefits of IT for work tasks is the ease of communication, many attendees at a meeting may be invited quickly and in one go rather than individually calling each person. Quotes maybe easily sent via email to prospective customers, everyone who works for the business access notes and information on customers via databases. The internet can be used to quickly find information. Section 2 – Understand how to manage electronic and paper-based information 1. Explain the purpose of agreeing objectives and deadlines when researching information.
Develop an online business expansion proposal Western Governors University 1. E-Commerce Solutions (Ability to Pay Online) Netta’s aim is to keep the company and customer in mind when selecting a vendor to choose and how to benefit both the customer and the company. The best way for Netta’s to recognize how they will combine the purchase transaction the customer has previously chosen with what they would like to purchase from the website is to find the right vendor that will allow the purchase process to be as effortless as possible. The vendor that Netta’s would use is X-Cart. They are a shopping cart software and ecommerce solution with the capacity to compensate thousands of on-line checkout transactions worldwide.
Since Microsoft offers many programs that will be useful in organizing the business, and is usually included with new computer purchases, this is the software I recommend. This is also a familiar program to most users as well as user-friendly. Once all is installed, apps that can be found online can also be implemented at a later date, such as several Google applications that are pertinent to this business. I recommend Ruben and Lisa purchase smartphones that will provide remote connectivity to the business computers to allow each of them the freedom to access information from remote locations should the need arise. This will also enable them to perform many tasks from anywhere without the need to physically be in the building.
With all the advantages of moving to the internet the online community continues to grow. Of course you can still do all your banking at the bank or go to the store to buy stuff, but times are changing. 40% of the Bank of America customers use the Online only account that charges a fee if you want to use the physical bank. With the way things are going our entire society could go completely online. With people relying on the internet for their everyday lives its no wonder that to some people think that internet should be considered a human right.
Also the products bought from online can be take back to a store and can be exchange or refund. Alternatively, kitchen or bedroom furniture’s could be delivered to the costumer’s house. All retail stores are now offering an eRetailing. This allows all the consumers to buy products from the internet. The internet has three main advantages compared with traditional retail outfits- these are: 1.
Having an online website is great advantage as It allows customers to shop at all hours and have access to purchase all products. If for example you go into to buy a product and it is out of stock you have the option to go online and still get what you need. Additionally, the option to shop online addresses the various different customer demographics, such as individuals who are disabled, as online shopping could make shopping for groceries and other necessities a lot easier for such individuals. Therefore it is evident that technological factors have increased customer satisfaction by providing customers with an alternate shopping method. The stores can be affected in either a good or bad way by Technological factors.
PAGE 91 PURCHASING OF GOODS AND SERVICES: BEING ABLE TO SHOP ONLINE HELPS OUT ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HOUSEBOUND, LIKE THE ELDERLY, SICK OR THOSE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. PEOPLE WHO ARE TIME POOR TEND TO ORDER THEIR GROCERIES ONLINE RATHER THEN SHOP AT THE SUPERMARKET AND WAIT IN LONG QUEUES. RATHER THEN HAVING TO PAY BILLS OVER THE TELEPHONE IT HAS BECOME MUCH MORE EFFICIENT BY DOING IT ONLINE. PAGE 91 FEEDBACK: OCCASIONALLY, ORGANISATIONS WANT FEEDBACK FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS , THEY CAN DO THESE FROM ONLINE POLLS AND EMAILS,
However, with the internet, information is now able to be passed from one side of the globe to the other within minutes and with little to no cost associate. Also, many marketers have seen their online marketing strategy meant for one region of the world actually pick up another market on the other side of the world. Since the internet, the world is basically folded in half and transactions take place in cyberspace. Meetings no longer have to be physical face to face meetings. They can meet via an online video call.
Memo To: Laura M. Smith From: Lakia M. Hairston CC: Date: November 2, 2009 Re: Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Differences Today, the popularity of the internet has been the foundation of new business, e-business. Just about anything can be done online now. Many people are reverting from shopping in stores of malls because of the convenience of the internet. You can do anything from balancing your check book, to ordering pizza online today, which is making the internet a big part of most peoples lives around the world. Businesses are making transactions with other businesses online eliminating extra time and wasted money.