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respond to the following by writing at least one paragraph for each item, and support your response.
1. Visit the following Web hosting service providers: Gate.com ProHosting.com Summarize the services provided by each as well as the related cost. If you were going to outsource the e-commerce function for your Capstone e-business, which provider would you select? Why?
2. Visit the following online business builder providers: Amazon Services eBay Stores Summarize the services provided by each as well as the related cost. If you were going to adopt a storefront model with one of these leading online sites, which provider would you select? Why?
3. Visit the following electronic commerce software package providers: Intershop IBM WebSphere Oracle E-Business Suite Summarize the capabilities of each software package. If you were going to handle the e-commerce function for your Capstone e-business as an in-house activity, which software would you select? Why?
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1. Visit the following Web hosting service providers: Gate.com ProHosting.com Summarize the services provided by each as well as the related cost. If you were going to outsource the e-commerce function for your Capstone e-business, which provider would you select? Why?
Both Gate.com ProHosting.com provide web hosting and domains for their customers. Gate.com is relatively more expensive than Prohosting.com. However it offers a detailed list of service apart form hosting like web builders. sql builders. search engine optimisation , ecommerce capabilities, social media management, domain linked email addresses. So while Gat is almost 100 % more expensive than Pro Hosting, it provides benefit which outweighs pro hosting significantly. Which is why i would select Gate.com.
Pricing for both services provided (plotted on excel)
2. Visit the following online business builder providers: Amazon Services eBay Stores Summarize the services provided by each as well as the related cost. If you were going to adopt a storefront model with one of these leading online sites, which provider would you select? Why?
While both business provide ecommerce store fronts for sellers and buyers to transact with each other, amazon is a good place for white label, sellers and distributors while Ebay has a bad reputation as far as vendor or seller reliability goes. From a price perspective Ebay is cheaper than Amazon when you look at itemised categories. However amazon receives almost 3x times the visitors that Ebay receives.
From a Cost or a fee standpoint Ebay would win but from a Sales Standpoint Amazon would win because of the amount of traffic it draws(3x of Ebay's web traffic). I would go with Amazon because 3x times the traffic would increase my ecommerce store's visibility. A 30 % difference in fees would be off set by the amount of sales 3 x times traffic would generate
Ebay vs Amazon Pricing Plans
10% of the total amount of the sale†
Maximum fee is $750
3. Visit the following electronic commerce software package providers: Intershop IBM WebSphere Oracle E-Business Suite Summarize the capabilities of each software package. If you were going to handle the e-commerce function for your Capstone e-business as an in-house activity, which software would you select? Why
Intershop IBM WebSphere and Oracle E-Business Suite are ecommerce and ERP and MRP softwares
These are are ERP or enterprise resource planning softwares. They're a system of organisation, controlling. modelling a project or a business's operational execution by viewing both its macro as well as micro elements. While MRP or Material Requirements Planning is a way to optimise inventory costs by using the data from forecasting manufacturing requirements from the operational planning and forecasting process. It makes way for proper allocation of resources, funds and the supply chain to support the manufacturing process of an operation. SAP, ORACLE are the two largest ERP and MRP software service providers in the world.
Intershop IBM WebSphere Oracle E-Business Suite have been designed to handle large scale ecommerce operations for business which would like to have their own ecommerce store fronts and monitor their POS or Point os Sale Systems across a wide geography.
Intershop
Number of websites using their service : 27,220 websites
IBM WebSphere
Number of websites using their service : 55,317 websites
Oracle Business Suite's users are unknown
I would use IBM WebSphere purely based on the large number of users that outnumber both the competitors. Because of their scale they're bound to have more affordable services.
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