What is E-Commerce?
E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce) is essentially the ability to sell products or services on-line directly from your Web Site.
There is no doubt that E-Commerce is big business, just take a look at some recent statistics:
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Worldwide on-line shopping in 2000 exceeded $56 billion (source: ActiveMedia).
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50% of the world's population will be shopping on-line by 2004/2005 (source: Jupiter).
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Easyjet the well know airline operator sells more than 75% of
its seats on-line, that's up to 130,000 seats and £5.5 million of e-commerce per week.
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5 million UK Internet users made a secure connection on an e-commerce site during November 2000, up from 1.75 million
in November 1999 (source: Netvalue).
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How do I incorporate E-Commerce facilities into my Web Site?
Apache Solutions Ltd have helped several companies to develop successful e-commerce operations. We take care of the whole process,
providing consultancy and advice, implementing the web site and integrating the payment system. So what makes us the best choice?
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Tried & Tested Systems: As 'Preferred Solution Providers' for NetBanx we have the benefit of utilising a tried
and tested system, one which has created many successful sites.
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No Barriers: We are able to offer both Merchant and Bureau accounts, thus enabling smaller businesses and start-ups
to join the party alongside the more established businesses.
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Flexibility: We design each e-commerce site according to the client's exact needs by utilising our own custom written
shopping cart mechanism. This provides far more flexibility than the usual bolt-on systems, giving our clients the business
advantage they seek.
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Take a look at the sections on Credit Cards and Security for further information.