Online Shop

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An Online Shop, Internet Shop, Web Shop or Online Store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or in a shopping mall. It is an Electronic commerce application used for B2B or B2C.

Steps when buying online

1. Browse product categories
2. Put items into shopping cart
3. Checkout (Login, edit personal data and choose means of payment)
4. Confirm order
5. Logout

Using an Online Shop

One can move about the online store by using a Web browser, browse the product categories and put the selected items into a virtual shopping cart (or market basket).

Upon checking out of the store it is required to log in. When visiting the store for the first time one normally has to register by choosing a username and a password. Furthermore one must provide this kind of information:

• Name
• Address
• Delivery or shipping address (can be different from the address)
• Telephone number
• Means of payment
• Delivery speed and method (post, some kind of courier and logistics service, etc.)

After editing the personal data a confirmation page is beeing displayed so that the online shopper can approve, change or abort his order.

When a user finishes his session he will logout.

Means of payment

• Credit card
• All kinds of Electronic money, Ecash (or digital money)
• Pay by mobile phone
• Cash on delivery (C.O.D.)
• Cheque
• Money transfer / delivery on payment
• Postal money order

See also

• Bricks and clicks business model
• Business-to-business electronic commerce
• Business-to-consumer electronic commerce
• Electronic business
• Electronic commerce
• Enterprise resource planning
• Internet fraud
• Retailer
• Shopping cart
• Shopping mall