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CGIs and Web Commerce

FORM-based Web pages and CGI are the key enabling technologies for Web Commerce.
 
Web sites can sell either tangible goods (merchandise) or content. Important issues include:
 
Marketing
getting customers to your site, and presenting and selling your product, ultimately convincing them to order something.
 
Ordering
typically managed by a shopping cart application, see next slide.
 
Order Processing
check order, verify payment, address, etc. Possibly send customer email confirmation.
 
Order Fulfilment
packaging, shipping, etc

 


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