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E-Commerce: The Revolution. Chapter 1 Electronic Commerce Course BADM 561, Dr. Cara Peters. Definitions. E-commerce: digitally enabled commercial transactions Using the Web & Internet to transact business More of a marketing function Not to be confused with internal transactions
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E-Commerce: The Revolution Chapter 1 Electronic Commerce Course BADM 561, Dr. Cara Peters
Definitions • E-commerce: digitally enabled commercial transactions • Using the Web & Internet to transact business • More of a marketing function • Not to be confused with internal transactions • Management information systems function • What the book defines as E-business
The Reinvention of E-Commerce • 1995-2000 , Innovation • Digitize business on the web • Weak business models • Liquidity bubble • 2001-2008, Consolidation • Honed business models, 25% growth per year • Success of social networking services
Where is E-Commerce Today • Trends in 2008-2009 • New business models based off social technologies • Web 2.0 • Growth in search engine marketing & advertising • Retail ecommerce grows in double digit rates • Online population slows but average purchase expands • Fastest growth in teen, tween and older shoppers
Ecommerce today (cont.) • Revolution in telecommunications, print media, real estate, hotels, bill payments • Entrepreneurs flood the net, riding on infrastructures of Amazon, eBay and Google • Large companies continue to improve multi-channel, bricks & clicks models • Growth in B2B supply chain use of the web
Online Retailing2008: 120 million Americans will spend $265 on Internet products & services
Lands End • Opened in 1963 as the Lands’ End Yacht Stores • Averaged 15 mail orders per day • Bought by Sears in 2002 for $1.9 billion • 2005, Fifteenth largest mail order firm • Annual sales of over $1.3 billion • Target quality-conscious, middle-age consumers with traditional casual apparel
Lands End • Direct marketing • Multi-channel merchant • Catalogs, stores, and website • 269 million catalogs mailed in 2001 • 16 outlet and inlet stores in three countries • Website online in 1995, initially offering 100 products • Today, every product in catalog sold online
Lands End • 15 million web site visitors (1999) • $61 million in revenue • Considered world’s largest apparel website • Known for customer service • First firm with 24/7 order taking & 800 number • Lands End Live (talk with personal shopper)
Lands End • Website has full set of features: • Lands End My Personal Shopper (live chat) • Online style advice • Swim suit fitting • Three-dimensional model • Build an oxford shirt
Lands End • Online orders filled through catalog warehouse • Size of 16 football fields • Sort 10,000 pieces per hour • Ship 150,000 orders per day • Using a multi-channel model resulting in seamless customer experience
Different from Traditional Formats • Ubiquity (anywhere/anytime) • Global Reach (no boundaries) • Universal Standards (common standards) • Richness (video/audio/text)
Different from Traditional Formats • Interactivity (technology interacts with user) • Information Density (reduces information cost/raises quality) • Customization (personal messages on mass level) • Social Technology (content generation/social networks)
The Impact of Social Networking Technology Take My Survey!
Online Dating Industry • $516 million in revenues (2005) • Over 850 online dating services • 59% of daters find it “difficult” to meet someone new • Most likely place to meet people: • Work (22%), Internet (18%), Bars (18%), Clubs (11%) • Downsides: stigma & anonymity (married)
Key Players • Match.com • Yahoo! Personals • eHarmony • Lavalife • Traditional dating firms • It’s Just Lunch • Social networking communities
Match.com • Conceived in 1993 • Owned by Interactive Corporation • Ticketmaster • World’s largest online dating firm • 900,000 paying subscribers • 12 million profiles posted • January (2004), 29.6 million unique visitors
Match.com • Partnered with several firms • America Online & Microsoft’s MSN • Subscriptions as low as $12.99 per month • New services include: • video, off line speed dating, friend list, travel site, MatchLive off line events
Types of E-Commerce • B2C – Amazon.com • B2B – Farmer’s Market/Food Coop • C2C – Craigslist.com • P2P – Bit Torrent • M-Commerce -- Safira