2. History of eCommerce Started in late 70s used for banking 1982 First online ordering system in France Early 90s ecommerce goes main stream 1995 ecommerce as we know it is born 2008 – $204 Billion online retail sales
3. Why are companies utilizing it? Global Reach – targeted segments Open 24/7/365 Lower operating costs vs brick and mortar Increased sales and lower marketing costs
11. Shopping Carts 3 Flavors Which type is best for you? Ask yourself… Who will the gateway be? What kind of shipping integration do I need? How many products will the store carry? What kind of features do I need?
12. Shopping Carts - Cont. What to look for in a shopping cart extension? How active is the developer? Security. How active is the community? Open or closed code? What type of gateways and shipping support? How easy is it to template.
13. Shopping Carts - Cont. What Features Do you Need Coupons Multiple Pricing Levels Affiliates Programs Customer Accounts Analytics & Reporting Email Marketing SEO Order Management Reviews Related Products Multiple Tax Levels Custom Attributes Checkout Types Ease of Management
Started in late 70s for Banking such as EFT’s1982 First online ordering system in France used for forordereding of computerEarly 90s eCommerce goes main stream in with the launch of web browers1995 – Amazon lunaches, ebay is founded, dell and cisco use web for commerce aggresively2008: US eCommerce and Online Retail sales projected to have reached $204 billion, an increase of 17 percent over 2007[4].
All fairly new around last summerAll cost $220Joomlubfrenchebay
Nbill lots of gateways supported, very flexible, lite and full version, send invoices, sell products online, email, pdf conversion, accounting, active dev, front end access, lots of flex but bloated $90Mighty invoice – active dev, barcoding,, nice and simple $40Jaccounts front end access, many payment processor may need to buy other products to integrate $85Paypal invoice - Free
joomdonation – community builder and jom social intregration, custom fields, recurring billing, paypal and auth.net, SSL = 20Dt donate – community builder intregration, custom fields, recurring billing, paypal and auth.net, SSL, easier to style = 30
AEC – 40+ payment processors, built in cart, trials, integration with many components including, jacl, mosets, cb, and jomsocial, highly customizable, good support was free, learning curve $22 + AMBRA – works with JUGA - $70MIGHTY membership – works with there ac component separate $59Membership Control by OSE – work with there access control component separate $90
Payment Systems: use PayPal or Google CheckoutCurrencies: use up to 16 different currencies for your storeTax Rate: automatic cost calculation based on a tax rateShipping: configure shipping costs for auto-calculationRokBox: product images use RokBox to display larger previewsStyle: inbuilt styling for rapid deployment
Live shipping ratesMany gateways supportedShopper groups with price levels and aclImport and exportBasic reporting – advanced with extStock controlTerrible couponing - hackBad attributes – hackPain to template
http://www.redcomponent.com/redshop22 Different image sizes per product & magnification Internal Template system - tag basedImport Export & Bulk upload of images in zip filesImport from VirtueMart functionalityCustom Fields for products, categories or manufacturersTagging system for both users and admin Prices, Sale Prices, Volume Prices, Shopper Group PricesCustom Search & Filtration engine WishlistCompare products100% Built in SEO/SEF control (using sh404sef)Shoppergroups with ACL and Price GroupsEmail system - Autoresponders and filtration systemAdvanced CouponingPaypal, Authorize.Net, Imglobal Payments, Epay, QuickPay, Bank TransferDynamic Shipping System Accounting Integration
Graphical ReportingGift CertificatesWishlistsProduct Attribute TemplatesProduct BundlesFeatured ProductsProduct Comparisons3rd Party Vendors (Users as Sellers)Stored Carts for ReorderingEmailsProduct Availability NotificationsIntegrations with: Accounting Software (LessAccounting, etc.)Inventory Management Software
