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eCommerce - A Plan
By Richard D S Hill
Planning an ecommerce website is like building a house – architecture and budget need to be
agreed before the decoration.
AN AGREED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION MUST BE DRAWN UP AS THE FIRST STAGE
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE IS DONE – ANY OTHER APPROACH WILL ONLY LEAD TO
CONFUSION AND WORSE.
Once an AGREED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION has been agreed then solutions need to be
evaluated and costed against that specification are:
- Project management - Hardware - Web design and software - Site marketing - Project
management:
All aspects of the project need to be managed. Decide who is going to do it and properly plan the
requirements, activities, outcomes, milestones and timings.
Hardware:
Your choices here are a managed service or your own server. The security and disaster recovery
aspect that is achieved by hosting with a major provider is very important. Only go with your own
server if you have the experience and facilities.
Design and Software:
Site design
Develop site templates and test them with real people. They have to be easy to use and navigate.
Don't let "design" drive the site; let ease of use and sales drive the "design". Think how the customer
thinks.
Software
1MerchantCart - Ecommerce Automation
The All-in-One Merchant Shopping Cart and Affiliate Processing Software.
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At least 5 solutions need to be considered.
- Updating - Shopping cart - Forum - Email - Statistics
Updating
There are 2 realistic