Freelance PHP Web Developer London » Freelance http://rizfolio.com/blog Freelance PHP/Web Developer walthamstow London. tutorials,scripts ecommerce solution guide and many more. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:29:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Difference between e-commerce and e-business http://rizfolio.com/blog/difference-between-e-commerce-and-e-business/ http://rizfolio.com/blog/difference-between-e-commerce-and-e-business/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:23:37 +0000 Rizwan http://rizfolio.com/blog/?p=181 Unfortunately, e-business and e-commerce are sometimes used interchangeably; however, they are completely two different terms. The confusion lies in the word commerce which is often considered as business. In English language, commerce can be considered as business, however, when these words are attached with the letter e, it brings separate meanings. This article will highlight some of the difference between e-commerce and e-business. Amongst various differences between e-commerce and e-business, some of the major differences are described here:

  • E-business can be considered as an umbrella term and e-commerce is a small part of the broader term. In other words, e-commerce is just a subset of e-business.
  • The term e-commerce usually refers to monetary transactions that mainly include the buying or selling or products or services. However, other business functions like marketing, customer education, customer support, getting raw materials etc come under the term of e-business as they all are business functions.
  • If you are successfully selling something, that is considered as an e-commerce activity. However, brining customers to your website by efficiently marketing your product and maintaining the standard of your website is an e-business activity. Moreover, educating your customers about the website and about the products or services is also an e-business activity. To order to have a successful e-business, you need to get the appreciation of the customers and you need to use tools and techniques that can help you in bringing healthy amount of customers towards your website. Moreover, your website needs to have a better search engine rating which is an e-business activity.
  • Let us look at a real-life example. We all know that Dell sell its computers, laptops, computer accessories, printer, monitors etc online. How it can relate to e-business? The first thing that happens is that the visitor visits the website of Dell and navigates it using the navigational tools. As the website is quite user friendly, the visitor doesn’t feel any difficult in finding the particular computer or laptop he/she is looking for. He/she finds all information related to that product. This information includes the pricing information as well as technical information about the product. The information should be precise, clear and should be able to clear most of the doubts of the visitor. Note that there hasn’t been any monetary transaction done yet, what all going so far comes under the term of e-business.
  • The term e-commerce is often described as outward process as it involves processes like reaching the customers, any external partner, external suppliers etc. On the other hand, e-business covers various internal processes like content management, risk management, inventory management, production management, finance management and other internal business processes.

If you are willing to start your e-business, you must think about all business processes while outsourcing the e-commerce services using various web development companies or freelancers like those that are available in London. E-commerce can be considered as an online way of transaction while e-business can be described as the management of various business functions that enable successful transactions and growth of the business.

]]> http://rizfolio.com/blog/difference-between-e-commerce-and-e-business/feed/ 5 Build an E-commerce Website http://rizfolio.com/blog/build-an-e-commerce-website/ http://rizfolio.com/blog/build-an-e-commerce-website/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:25:36 +0000 Rizwan http://rizfolio.com/blog/?p=173 With the advancement in internet technologies and the business opportunities offered by these technologies, many entrepreneurs are now keen in putting their money into the development of e-commerce websites. In the past few years, the numbers of e-commerce websites has increased rapidly. E-commerce websites offer various benefits and require comparatively less investment; however, building an e-commerce website is not that an easy task; especially if you are thinking to maintain the standard of your e-commerce website. The question here arises, is there any better way of developing an e-commerce website? This article will focus over this question.

It is always better to have some knowledge about the basic building blocks of a website. However, it is not necessary to have the technical knowledge of the website. People who have the knowledge of web development can develop their e-commerce website without taking help from anyone. However, it is not advisable; especially if the developer is not an expert. Developing a website right from scratch is a time consuming task and is far more difficult then simply implementing and managing an e-commerce website.

Developing an e-commerce website demands more time as compared to time required to develop an ordinary website. This is because of various reasons; the major reason is that an e-commerce website is far more complex as compared to an ordinary website because an e-commerce website offers more features and functionalities as compared to ordinary websites. An example of an additional feature of an e-commerce website is shopping cart or the basket which is one of the most important features of any e-commerce website. Apart from that, an e-commerce website has to provide a secure payment system which is considered to be the most complex, time consuming and critical task in the development of an e-commerce website. Moreover, every e-commerce website calculate taxes and various other charges depending upon your location and after the customer checks out, the website has to manage the payment by connecting with a clearing house using a secure connection. If the payment is made successfully, the website then sends a confirmation message to the buyer’s e-mail address as well using the website’s e-mail system.

Because of these complexities, many entrepreneurs prefer to outsource their e-commerce websites despite of the fact that they themselves are capable of developing an e-commerce websites. One of the better options would be hire a freelancer, especially from London that can do the task for you as there are quite a lot capable freelancers available over there. If you have a decent capital and can afford investment over the e-commerce then you can also think about hiring various web development companies. Hiring these companies means that you will have timely deliveries of e-commerce tools and they also offer customer support as well.

Hiring web development companies is a slight expensive option as compared to hiring a freelance web developer; especially from London. Freelancers usually do the task at a better price. However, before selecting any freelancer, make sure that you check his/her relevant experience and sample of the work done in the past. Once you have selected the freelancer, deliver your user’s requirement with time frames and always make sure that you demand status reports through the development process.

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This question gave me confusion all the time. After my graduation I was unable to decide which path I should choose. In this article I will try to highlight the pros and cons of working as freelance or doing a regular job.

To be continued…

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Hi everyone,

It’s my first post on blog on the last day of the year 2008. I have worked on blog and site in these holidays to make it work and put it online. My first priority was t0 go live and have a place online.

As you have read my introduction from about me page but i will write a short introduction for who haven’t read yet. I’m Rizwan Chand currently working, studying and living in London. Originally I am from Pakistan and came to England for my studies.

I did graduate from Staffordshire University, UK, Its Bsc. Hons. in Computing. Currently I am working as web developer in a company and doing a bit of freelance as well.

I am 200% programmer and design or art work just doesn’t work with me that’s why I try to look new designers with whom i can work with on my clients projects,  so I can provide my client a best possible solution.

That’s all from me. I will try to write as much as I can or whenever i get some spare time.

Thanks

Rizwan

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