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Below is an example of a previous E-commerce assignment this can than help you get to grips with waht exactly you need to do within this unit.
Describe what is meant by ecommerce and explain how it differs from traditional web sites, and from trade which does not use the internet. Your answer should make reference to genuine commercial sites, and make reference to non-internet organisations or companies.
What benefits, advantages and disadvantages does a company face when using an e-commerce web site for trade?
Explain with examples what is meant by:
[P1]
Why and by what is EDI being superseded?
[M2]
A local shop decides to set up an ecommerce web site, describe the steps involved in doing this, from initial design to implementation and maintenance.
[P5]
You should consider the range of internet companies that can help with ecommerce set-up and give real-world examples of these, and the services they provide during each stage of setting up an ecommerce solution. Consideration should be given to the creation of the web site, domain registration, hosting, secure certificates/payment facilities, search engine entries, etc.
[M3]
Devise a strategy that the local shop could adopt to support ecommerce trading, taking into account costs, timescales and resources, both computing and people. What would the impact be on the existing organisation’s culture?
[D3]
Define ‘distance trade’.
What are the legal requirements of distance trade? What rights do consumers have?
Ecommerce is a form of distance trade. Identify the legal implications of trading via ecommerce. You should take into account any legal requirements of distance trade and consumer rights as they apply to ecommerce, and areas of legislation such as the Data Protection Act, the Copyright Act, the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002, the Obscene Publications Act, and any other legislation.
[P3]
Identify ethical and moral considerations which should be in place if you are setting up an ecommerce business. Consideration to age, race and religion should be made as well as normal trading moral and ethical issues involved in any distance selling.
[P3]
Internet growth and ecommerce growth in the UK and worldwide has expanded tremendously over the past few years. Research evidence from the internet and other sources on the growth of trade on the internet and its contribution to a variety of organisations. Write a report providing evidence of ecommerce growth by making direct reference to commercial organisations which have found that ecommerce has changed their business profile, and have committed to this as a future of trade.
[M1]
Include in your report detailed examples of ecommerce that reinforce the case that it is the future for trade and other organisations.
[M2]
Compile a list of barriers to the development of ecommerce trade. Consideration should be given to issues which would stop an existing business setting up an ecommerce website. Identify tangible and intangible incentives for overcoming these barriers.
[P2]
There are a number of government, regional and other initiatives encouraging adoption of ecommerce. Discuss how well they address the barriers to ecommerce, and evaluate their success. Look in particular at initiatives in and aimed at Wales.
Some web sites you may find useful include:
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/ebusiness/godigital/national/index_en.htm
http://www.opportunitywales.co.uk
http://www.ecommerce.ac.uk
[D1]
The Internet has many security concerns. Explain what these are, giving consideration to privacy as well as financial concerns. Give examples of how web hijacking, and hacking can give cause for concern to both the consumer and the ecommerce business.
[P4]
Detail how a web site can minimise these security risks, explaining the concepts of encryption keys and secure certificates. Explain the measures (both technical and moral) that a company may adopt to ensure that trade has a minimal security risk.
[D2]
As you can see it is quite a lot of work involved in this unit, but dson't worry the lecturese are always on hand to offer there guidance and support.