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E-Commerce

Electronic commerce, or e-commerce, is a very broad term. E-commerce conducted between businesses differs from that carried out between a business and its consumers.

For business-to-consumer e-commerce, the Web has become the dominant pipeline. Think Amazon.com. The company offers lots of books for sale on its Web site. Consumers find what they like, type in their credit card number and unpack the books a few days later. Conducting individual stock trades, moving money from checking to savings or tracking an overnight package delivery via the Internet are other examples.

Business-to-business e-commerce takes many forms, some of which have been around for years. Electronic data interchange (EDI) is a format for exchanging business information over private networks. It was created to automate and speed the exchange of information between companies that regularly did business together. For example, on Tuesday your computer can automatically tell my computer that you've shipped the 500 pallets of wool I ordered. Then on Wednesday my computer acknowledges your shipping confirmation and tells you that I'll mail you a few thousand pigs on Thursday. No money actually changed hands electronically here but plenty of business data did. If your business and my business do transactions like this often, the automated system beats having our clerks stand by the fax machine every day and then retype the information they receive into our respective computer systems.

E-commerce is attractive because it reduces the cost of doing business. Sending a few bytes of data over a network is cheaper, faster and more convenient than sending a messenger or even making a phone call. The primary concern is security. The Internet is very public, and many people hesitate to send sensitive data over the wires where it might be intercepted by nefarious third parties. But with so many organizations excited about the benefits of e-commerce, plenty of people are working on resolving the security issues.

We can help you develop an e-commerce strategy to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Internet.  We design web sites tailored to your individual needs, with an online catalog or products to appear in your online storefront. This online storefront package comes packed with customizable settings for controlling products and inventory in your online store's database. We can set it up to tie in directly with your preferred online merchant. Authorize.net, Nova Information Systems, and Pay Pal are a few examples of online merchant services.

We can also provide professional web hosting for your site with a 128-bit secure server for commercial transactions; and offer complete merchant financial services including credit card Merchant Accounts and Internet Gateway Accounts.

If you would care to take advantage of one of our 3 exclusive e-commerce packages, please contact us to inquire about further information.

 

CONTACT US. Feel free to contact us by one of the methods below:

Eyepinch
P.O. Box 5143
Virginia Beach, VA 23471

Phone: 757-270-8964
Email: sales@eyepinch.com
Web: www.eyepinch.com

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