E-Commerce

//"E-Commerce means to conduct a business(es) on the Internet...mostly referred to buying and selling items on line."// [|(1)]
 * __ E-Comm﻿erce __** Salem Qeml﻿as

In order to sell products or services from a web site, Carmen will need to set up a shopping cart. This payment method; thatshall need to account for accessibility and ease for the customers, needs to also allow Carmen to have a maximum potential of customers buying products. This can be implemented through her own website (internally) or through a third party web site (externally), but Carmen needs to understand the full implications of each choice. Hosting your own shopping cart is generally seen as a much more affordable solution and involves a number of challenges. However, running a shopping cart through a third party web site will also have its own challenges.

In e-commerce, there are several different kinds of ways that payments can be made with externally. For example, the most popular and reliable method is [|Paypal]. However there are other methods; zencart, cuecart, shopping cart, etc. Most payment methods act like a middle person, whereby the hold the good and follow through the transaction once the money comes through. Whereas for [|Paypal], the items aren't held anywhere, they are a more direct transaction.

Carmen can internally implement a payment method to acquire full control of all aspects of her business. So for Carmen to have an Internal payment method, I think she could have an automatic email service for people who fullfil payment details and check out basket, to fotocreativa's bank details to wire money to. The only problem with this is that, it runs the risk of Carmen's bank account being hacked.