Chapter V: Online Trading Solutions Part2:

Types of coated online trading solutions :

There is two types :

1-Coated or electronic catalog solutions with the merchant.

2-complete online trading suites.

Both types provide the following functions:

- The creation of the front of the business .
- Display Product .
- Treatment of commercial applications .
- Financial payment processing .
- Provide support for other software, such as the expense of shipping or tax rate.

The only factor that differentiates between these two types is the degree permitted by the amendment and the number of parts supplied by the Must be added in order to obtain the complete solution. Both types will be discussed below.

First: electronic catalogs and merchant servers:

Electronic catalogs are the virtual equivalent of the traditional Katlujat products. Valkatugat electronic (Such as traditional Alkatolujat) contain written descriptions and photographs of the goods as well as information on Altroyjat And reductions, payment methods, shipping methods. Characteristics found in electronic catalogs and software With the merchant make the management process and the creation of catalogs simple and inexpensive because the quotations and arranging and organizing Goods easy and clear. And characteristics in this software include:

-Templates and assistants experts of wizrds To set up the front of the business and Catalog pages that contain images to describe the goods offered for sale.

-Electronic Shopping carts Which allows customers to collect goods for the purpose of purchasing a vehicle and put it in email to the pending completion of the shopping process.

- Forms to fill orders for electronic trading through the safe routes.

- A database for keeping the product specifications and prices as well as orders to customers.

- Integration with other software in order to calculate the cost of shipping, taxes and pay for the distribution process.

Second: Groups of online trading :

Provide groups of online trading for merchants flexibility, specialization and integration in the amendment and support functions Electronic phenomenon, and the hidden. Group, the effectiveness of online trading shop, distributed to a number of Databases and servers and not on the database provider unilaterally, as is the case in the system catalogs Electronic merchant servers and solutions.

Will be discussion groups, online trading through two examples of companies that are among the best companies in the area of online trading software packages:

Interworld: www.interworld.com

Open Market: www.openmarket.com

The most important producer of Interworld company is Commerce Exchange with starting price of 75 thousand dollars. The exchange of trade offers an open architecture and capable of scoring and went there. This architecture supports the four basic functions:

1-Catalogsj: catalogs interactive models, which provide:

- Services Catalog for the diagnosis of the client's taste and also offers diagnostic products.
- Changing prices of goods and individual cuts.
- Guidance and suggestions for increasing customer purchasing goods or guidance to other goods or alternative or complementary Different .
- Comparison of various goods and advice based on the characteristics of the buyer or the date of purchase to the buyer .
- Assisting the client in the selection of goods.

2-Business administration orders: order management models which support :

- Obtaining the necessary information in order to establish a commercial.
- End of the commercial details of the order of payment, shipping, inventory and tax .
- Billing and account management, which includes addresses for billing and shipping addresses and information Credit cards and the maximum payment by credit card and verification of the validity of credit card.

3-Implementation: the facades of multi-containing solutions and the implementation of the shipment.

4-Customer service: the functions that allow customers the ability to confirm or change their personal information to the site and review the business and place orders review of the history of their purchases.