Overview of Existing Store Business Models
Overview of Existing Business ModelsE-Commerce Platform(Magento, BigCommerce, Volusion, Amazon webstore, etc)
Online Store of Independent Business (examples - BestBuy, Apple)
Online business Store (examples - Soap.com, Fancy.com)
Online Store for 3rd party sellers (examples - Amazon.com, eBay.com)
Shopping Aggregators (examples - Google.com/Shopping)
Flesh Stores (Gilt.com)
Social Stores (Facebook eCommerce)
E-Commerce Platforms
is a software application which settled up on the business website and allows business to sell online their products.
http://tomrobertshaw.net/2012/02/feb-2012-ecommerce-survey/
e-Commerce platforms on the Market:
• Magento 6,795 sites (20%)• Zen Cart 4,042 sites (7%)• Virtual Mart 3,914 sites• osCommerce 3,199 sites
Most Popular eCommerce Software
http://tomrobertshaw.net/2012/02/feb-2012-ecommerce-survey/
Online Store of Independent Business
Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce allowing consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller web-site.
Online Business Store
Now the majority businesses are selling online.
Popular ones• Apple online Store• Flipkart.com• Newegg.com• ShoeDazzle.com
Online Store for 3rd party sellers
Online platform that seller can log in and sell via this platform, pay fee for listing, selling, transaction, designing the store itself.
The most popular
Amazon.com*• Transaction Fees 8%-25%• Listing Fees free-$2• Store monthly charge -$58
*As of Feb 2015
Shopping Aggregator
Shopping Aggregator refers to a web site that aggregates products listings from multiple online stores.
Among the biggest ones:
• Buy.com• Froogle.com
Discount (Flash) Stores
Offering Flash sales on time-limited bases
• Products (Gilt.com)• Services (Groupon.com)
Flash Sales -Time-limited steep discounts on goods offered by retailers to offload surplus stock either directly.
Social Shopping
Social Shopping is a method of e-commerce where shoppers' friends become involved in the shopping experience. Social shopping attempts to use technology to mimic the social interactions found in physical malls and stores.
Shopping communities bring like-minded people together to discuss,
share, and shop.
New way of shopping
Combines the best features of each shopping model
• Allows sellers sell with 0% commission • Allows lower overall prices• Maximization social shopping experiences• Offers coupons and deals