What is E-Business? What is E-commerce? What does E-commerce accomplish? Is E-Business & E-Commerce the same? What is HTML & URL? Why do we need a domain name? Nobody ever visits my Web site, what do I need to do? What is a Search Engine? What is SEO? I want to know who has been visiting my Web site? How can I accept credit or debit cards on my Web site? I don’t want to send people Spam mails. On the other hand E-mail marketing is an effective tool. Please HELP? Why do you need a merchant account when you already use an online payment company such as PayPal.com? How can I get a merchant account? What is E-Business? E-Business is the use of the internet to conduct transactions online. An E-business site provides a way for the customer to see what products are available, order the products, provide shipping information, and pay for those products in a way other than in person. What is E-commerce? E-commerce is the ability for an organization to sell products and services, provide online payment solutions and to process transactions via a Web site. E-commerce is the essential ingredient for doing business with visitors directly from a Web site. What does E-commerce accomplish? E-commerce empowers your organization to do business with anyone, anywhere, dramatically expanding your market potential. Is E-Business & E-Commerce the same? E-commerce has to do with the monetary side of online business or the actual online transaction. While E-business encompasses E-commerce. It means that E-business deals with the whole business function such as finance, marketing, inventory and etc. What is HTML & URL? Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard for formatting text and images to create Web pages. It defines a number of tags that can be used to modify the appearance of text and to load, size and position images (Web Content). The most important feature of HTML is an addressing scheme for linking to resources, called the URL. The Universal Resource Locator (URL) can be written into Web pages, creating clickable links to other pages and/or images located on other Web Servers. Why do we need a domain name? A domain name is needed when one is going to build a Web service. Domain names must be registered with one of the Internet domain authorities, in which they make sure that there are no duplicates. FYI: Think of a unique name for your domain name. Nobody ever visits my Web site, what do I need to do? Set aside a marketing budget to promote your Web site. Look for a company that provides both Web development and online marketing services such as Email Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, and Pay-Per-Click Advertising. What is a Search Engine? A search engine is a very large scale computer system connected to the Internet. It operates by linking to Web sites and reading through the available web pages identifying keywords, titles etc. These words are retrieved and stored in large, fast searching indexes. Search Engines Optimization and Search Engines Marketing have become an essential marketing tool for online businesses. What is SEO? Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a Web site from search engines via natural search results. SEO can be done by optimizing a site’s coding, presentation, and structure to a site I want to know who has been visiting my Web site? You need statistics. There is statistic software such as Webalizer and LiveStats that you can use to collect and analyze your visitor traffic. In doing so, you will be able to identify whether your web site is doing “good” or “bad”. How can I accept credit or debit cards on my Web site? You need a merchant account, which normally you get from a merchant bank. The bank will provide information on how to process credit card transactions and tools to do the transaction. If you are unable to set up a merchant account via the banks, there are other alternative such as third party payment like Paypal. I don’t want to send people Spam mails. On the other hand E-mail marketing is an effective tool. Please HELP? First of all, spam mail is described as sending bulk mail to recipients with whom you’ve had no prior contact or permission. Bulk Email is when you send the same message to some number of recipients at the same time. And you are right, sending Spam usually impacts the reputation of a company doing business online. There are systems in which you can effectively use Bulk Email as a marketing tool. It will allow you to keep in touch with your clients and customers, send newsletters, service messages, specials announcement and more. These systems are also an effective database tool to keep in contact with our current clients or generate new business. Why do you need a merchant account when you already use an online payment company such as PayPal.com? Online payment companies such as PayPal require a third party involvement wherein the person who wishes to pay you must first become a registered member of that site. With a merchant account, you have a direct interface between the customer's credit card information and your ability to directly accept the payment. Using services such as PayPal is another obstacle between your customer and you. Anything that makes the ability for customers to pay you more difficult results in lost money for your business. How can I get a merchant account? Getting a merchant account can be a confusing and difficult process. Many business owners avoid or prolong expanding their online business due to the overwhelming nature of the Internet. BannerView.com can walk you through that process, handling the majority of it for you, with the exception of actually filling out the merchant bank application. BannerView.com works with merchant bank representatives, links with gateway processors and provides E-commerce functionality to enable your business to accept payments online |