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An Online Shop, Internet Shop, Web Shop or Online Store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or in a shopping mall. It is an Electronic commerce application used for B2B or B2C.1 Steps when buying online
- Browse product categories
- Put items into shopping cart
- Checkout (Login, edit personal data and choose means of payment)
- Confirm order
- Logout
2 Using an Online Shop
One can move about the online store by using a Web browser, browse the product categories and put the selected items into a virtual shopping cart (or market basket).
Upon checking out of the store it is required to log in. When visiting the store for the first time one normally has to register by choosing a username and a password. Furthermore one must provide this kind of information:
- Name
- Address
- Delivery or shipping address (can be different from the address)
- Telephone number
- Means of payment
- Delivery speed and method (post, some kind of courier and logistics service, etc.)
After editing the personal data a confirmation page is beeing displayed so that the online shopper can approve, change or abort his order.
When a user finishes his session he will logout.
3 Means of payment
- Credit cardA credit card system is a type of retail transaction settlement and credit system, named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. A credit card is different from a debit card in that the credit card issuer loans the consumer money rathe
- All kinds of Electronic moneyElectronic money (or digital money) refers to cash and transactions using electronic means, encompassing the use of computer networks (such as the Internet) and digital stored value systems. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) is an example of electronic mone, EcashEcash (or e-cash , short for electronic cash, is an electronic payment. Some implementations of ecash aim to be secure and untracible, but there are several problems with security using ecash. A popular ecash provider is PayPal. External link by Michael F (or digital money)
- Pay by mobile phone
- Cash on deliveryCash on delivery or COD is a financial transaction where the payment of products and/or services received is done at the time of actual delivery rather than paid for in advance. The term is mainly applied to products purchased from a third party, as the n (C.O.D.)
- Cheque
- Money transfer / delivery on payment
- Postal money order
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