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What is eCommerce & eBusiness?

Electronic Commerce or eCommerce is the trade of products and services via the Internet. eCommerce follows the same basic principles as traditional commerce, buyers and sellers come together to sell commodities for money. But rather than conducting business in the traditional way in shopping stores or through mail order catalogues and via the phone - in e-commerce buyers and sellers transact business over networked computers. eBusiness allows businesses to trade online with each other.

Why Trade Online?

Buyers
E-commerce offers buyers maximum convenience. They can visit the web sites of multiple vendors round the clock a day to compare prices and make purchases, without having to leave their homes or offices from around the globe. In some cases, consumers can immediately obtain a product or service, such as an electronic book, a music file, or computer software, by downloading it over the Internet.

Sellers
For sellers eCommerce offers a way to cut costs and expand their markets. They may not need staff or maintain a physical store or print and distribute mail order catalogues. Automated order tracking and billing systems cut additional labour costs, and if the product or service can be downloaded then eCommerce firms have no distribution costs involved.

Marketing
Because the products can be sold sell over the global Internet, sellers have the potential to market their products or services globally and are not limited by the physical location of a shop. Internet technologies also permit sellers to track the interests and preferences of their customers with the customer’s permission and then use this information to build an ongoing relationship with the customer by customising products and services to meet the customer’s needs.

Why choose media mount?

Simply because we don’t just design eCommerce sites … we actually own and run them! media mount have managed several eCommerce sites including IrishWear.net, GolfClearance.net, PremiershipGolf.co.uk and JonSaiCrafts.com along with managing eBay listings. From creating the web site, to marketing it online and offline, managing orders including packaging and posting and processing payments, we have years of real life experience which can be passed on to you.

Plus all of our websites are 'truly search engine optimised' meaning that there is a higher chance they will be listed higher in e.g. Google for certain key terms. Two goals will be addressed - being on the front page for your business name and also for your products and services.

Contact us today to arrange a meeting to discuss your eCommerce requirements >>