The document discusses opportunities and challenges of e-commerce. It provides examples of how individuals use e-commerce in daily life for banking, shopping, auctions, and more. Major companies practicing e-commerce, like Amazon and Alibaba, are identified. Advantages of digital businesses include global reach, lower costs, and measurable results. Disadvantages include the need for ongoing training, the time-consuming nature of digital marketing, and facing high competition online. Different e-commerce business models and how customers benefit from the 24/7 access and lower prices of online shopping are also outlined.
The document discusses opportunities and challenges of e-commerce. It provides examples of how individuals use e-commerce in daily life for banking, shopping, auctions, and more. Major companies practicing e-commerce, like Amazon and Alibaba, are identified. Advantages of digital businesses include global reach, lower costs, and measurable results. Disadvantages include the need for ongoing training, the time-consuming nature of digital marketing, and facing high competition online. Different e-commerce business models and how customers benefit from the 24/7 access and lower prices of online shopping are also outlined.
The document discusses opportunities and challenges of e-commerce. It provides examples of how individuals use e-commerce in daily life for banking, shopping, auctions, and more. Major companies practicing e-commerce, like Amazon and Alibaba, are identified. Advantages of digital businesses include global reach, lower costs, and measurable results. Disadvantages include the need for ongoing training, the time-consuming nature of digital marketing, and facing high competition online. Different e-commerce business models and how customers benefit from the 24/7 access and lower prices of online shopping are also outlined.
The document discusses opportunities and challenges of e-commerce. It provides examples of how individuals use e-commerce in daily life for banking, shopping, auctions, and more. Major companies practicing e-commerce, like Amazon and Alibaba, are identified. Advantages of digital businesses include global reach, lower costs, and measurable results. Disadvantages include the need for ongoing training, the time-consuming nature of digital marketing, and facing high competition online. Different e-commerce business models and how customers benefit from the 24/7 access and lower prices of online shopping are also outlined.
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Name: Zunab Azhar
M.com sem 4 Quizz 1
1. Where do you use the opportunities of E-Commerce actually
in your daily life? E-commerce can be used in the following ways: Electronic banking Electronic shopping Conducting Auctions Marketing and Advertising Providing customer services Online travel reservations
2. Which companies do you know which are doing E-
Commerce? Amazon Ali baba eBay Jingdog Zappos Rakuten Home depot Flipkart Zalando Otto 3. Consider the Internet-based businesses, which we have listed above. Are they really new business categories? Bloggin.g Virtual assistant services Job search consulting and resume writing online business Online store ideas Start a monthly box subscription service Copywriting and content writing Publishing Editing and proofreading Customer support Teaching languages
4. Find additional advantages and disadvantages of digital
businesses? Advantages of digital business: Global reaching; A website or a social channel allows you to find new markets and trade globally for only a small investment in the project or the company. Lower cost; It’s properly planned and well-targeted digital marketing campaign can reach the right customers at a much lower cost than traditional marketing methods. It enables the company to spare money, a component that is truly considered by the associations since the Digital showcasing techniques don’t require a lot of budgetary responsibility. Measurable results; Measuring your online marketing with social media, web analytics, and other online metric tools make it easier to establish how effective your campaign has been. You can obtain detailed information about how customers use your website or respond to your advertising. Personalization; If your customer database is linked to your website, then whenever someone visits the site, you can greet them with targeted offers. The more they buy from you, the more you can refine your customer profile and market effectively to them. Open new markets; By getting involved with social media and managing it carefully, you can build customer loyalty and create a reputation for being easy to engage with. Disadvantages of digital business: Skills and training; You will need to ensure that your staff has the right knowledge and expertise to carry out digital marketing with success. Tools, platforms, and trends change rapidly and it’s vital that you keep up- to-date. Time consuming; Tasks such as optimizing online advertising campaigns and creating marketing content can take up a lot of time. It’s important to measure your results to ensure a return-on-investment. High competition; While you can reach a global audience with digital marketing, you are also up against the global competition. It can be a challenge to stand out against competitors and to grab attention among the many messages aimed at consumers online. Complaints and feedback; Any negative feedback or criticism of your brand are can be visible to your audience through social media and review websites. Carrying out effective customer service online can be challenging. Negative comments or failure to respond effectively can damage your brand reputation.
5. Consider the above-mentioned technical and economic
challenges of E-Commerce. Try to find answers to the various questions, which we have listed.
Finding the right products to sell
Attracting the perfect customer
Generating targeted traffic
Capturing quality leads
Nurturing the ideal prospects
Converting shoppers into paying customers
Retaining customers
Achieving profitable long-term growth
Choosing the right technology & partners
Attracting and hiring the right people to make it all happen
6. What is E-Commerce? How does it differentiate from
traditional business models? E-Commerce is completely an in digital and online mode where the communication is through electronic form completely whereas Traditional Commerce is completely offline and through in person or face to face. E-Commerce is reachable worldwide and has more connectivity whereas Traditional Commerce is limited to a particular geographical area especially smaller. E-Commerce information of exchange takes place in different forms either through digital ads or emails etc. where as the information of exchange in Traditional Commerce happens in the form of hoardings or pamphlets distribution or through any physical mode of exchange. E-Commerce can have one to one marketing whereas Traditional Commerce can have only one-way marketing. E-Commerce can have several payment modes such as online transactions or digital wallets or cash on delivery whereas Traditional Commerce can have only cash payment in person. The delivery of goods in E-commerce is either the on the same day or any other day depending on the availability of logistics and several other restrictions depending on the location of the customers whereas in traditional commerce the delivery of goods is instant. E-commerce provides a lot of discounts and at lower rates whereas in Traditional commerce there will be no or fewer discounts and no other options except to approach different seller which takes time. E-Commerce provides good customer services in different forms such as chat option or direct call with customer care executive whereas Traditional commerce does not provide any such customer support.
7. What are different business models available for E-
Commerce? Following are the different business models available for E commerce. Business-to-Business. Business-to-Consumer. Consumer-to-Consumer. Consumer-to-Business. Business-to-Administration. Consumer-to-Administration.
8. How can customers benefit from E-Commerce?
E-commerce allows websites to be functioning round the clock and benefit their customers with appropriate product details, warranty details, product reviews and product descriptions so that they can make the right choice. The lower costs of running an e-commerce store versus a physical store translate to cost savings for the consumer. This is one of the biggest e- commerce advantages. Online prices are typically lower than traditional store prices, and e-commerce sites are able to offer more discounts and promotions that are easier to claim. Shopping when you want from where you want is far preferable (and a whole lot safer) than heading out in this COVID reality we’re now living in. Coronavirus aside, there’s also something to be said about shopping from your bedroom, without having to venture out, wait in lines, battle cold weather, and all the other challenges that go along with consumerism.