CS6320:  SW Engineering of Web Based Systems

 

e-Business: Storefront Model

Some Features of the Storefront Model

  • A common e-commerce model
  • Mechant sells products on web directly to consummer
  • Combines transaction processing, security, online payment and information storage
  • Online catalog of products
  • Order taken trhough web site
  • Often physically sends merchandise to customer
  • Manage Customer Data

 

Example: Amazon.com

  • Opened 1994
  • one of the largest online rtailer
  • many countries
  • began mostly as a mail-order book retailer
  • product line has expanded (and they have eliminated also)

Amazon.com interface

 

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