E-Commerce(Examples)

E-commerce has provided flexibility in the style of banking and shopping. In shopping, e-commerce has created more choice. Wide range of products can be viewed in online store, compare prices and make informed choices about purchase. In addition payment can be done easily and securely online. Banking systems are also very easy as information can be viewed online and almost all activities can be carried out. Most of the companies have their own websites. There are also website where companies may simply make people more aware of their business and for advertising. Other websites use their own websites to conduct E-commerce. Below some examples are given.


E-commerce based Auction Websites

Auction Websites generally put sellers of goods in contact with buyers through out the world. The sellers generally put a description and a picture of the goods they want to sell on the website. They fix minimum price below which they don’t want to sell the item. Users of the sites are not concerned about this price. People are able to bid for the goods and if they make a highest bid for the goods and if they make the highest bid and if it above the minimum rice, the buyers accept the bid and goods are sold

These websites have specialty and liquidator auctions, search sites, and big person-to-person auctions, down-home auction site for collectibles, house wares, tools, electronics, jewelry and sports memorabilia, find, appraise, buy and sell fine art; auctions, print store, bookstore, artists’ digital portfolios
Payment by credit card, certified check or money order, person-to-person auctions and classified ads with no listing fees; 1% commission on sale of any item is charged to seller, while buyers pay no charge, including cool features such as RoboBid, which sends you an e-mail if you’re outbid, and a paging service
2.5% transaction fee charged to seller.

These auction also offers Auction message centers, site reviews, image hosting for auctions on other sites, and a page-counter service to show how often your auction has been viewed, free service that allows you to search across many auction sites at once to monitor ongoing auctions, Upscale auctions: antiques, art, rare books, other vintage items, also auction clearing house for the building industry, featuring sales on power drills, kitchen faucets, garage-door openers and the like; site includes a home-improvement superstore. There are also websites which offers more than 2.5 million items for sale in some 1,000 categories.

These types of websites are Andys Auctions, Artnet.com, AuctionAddict.com, AuctionAnything.com, Auctionet.com, Auctionmax.com, Auction-sales.com, Auctionuniverse.com, Auctionwatch, Auction Watchers.com, Baseballplanet Sports Cards, Bid.com, Bidders Edge, Bidder-network.com, Biddingtons, Bid4it.com., Bid 4 vacations, Bidhit, Boatscape.com, Boxlot.com, Buildscape Auction, Cityauction.com, Cnet AUCTIONS, Dealdeal.COM, Ebay.com, Edeal.com

E-commerce based Shopping Websites

The best Mast/Merchants and Department Stores are Amazon.com, Buy.com, Costco.com, JCP.com, and SmartBargains.com.
Among these websites,www.buy.com they have millions of products in categories ranging from computer hardware and software to electronics, cellular, books, movies, music, sporting goods and more. They have more than 10 million users shop in there every time. The company offers the lowest price, guarantee on millions of new products. They constantly work with their suppliers to add new product so the customers have plenty of options, the products are always on stock and available for shopping. They also provide world class customer services. This website ensures the integrity of every order by VeriSign, a Internet leader in security in transaction, and with advanced encryption, firewall technology, and state-of-the art SSL(secure Sockets Layer) encryption, Customers can be satisfied because of their information not being misused.
There also many categories of E-commerce based websites like for Apparel & Accessories, AE.com, Abebooks.com, FamousFootwear.com, iTunes.com, Gap.com, Netflix.com, NikeStore.com, SimplyAudioBooks.com, Nordstrom.com, and Polo.com. for Flowers/Gifts/Jewelry, Spiegel.com, 1-800-Flowers.com, Talbots.com, BlueNile.com ,Zappos.com, BuildABear.com, Ice.com and for Computers/Electronics,Zazzle.com, BestBuy.com, Crutchfield.com. There are also Housewares/Home Furnishings available like Dell.com, Chiasso.com, GameStop.com, Cooking.com, JR.com,LumberLiquidators.com, Palm.com, Williams-Sonoma Home, TigerDirect.com, YesAsia.com, and Specialty/Non-Apparel will be found on AppliancePartsPros.com, For Food/Drug are also available at Backcountry.com,FreshDirect.com,BassProShops.com, GreenMountainCoffee.com, Bodybuilding.com, OmahaSteaks.com, DoverSaddlery.com, DrsFosterSmith.com.

E-commerce based Finance and Trading Websites.

These websites are mainly used for online banking, trading, insurance and credit. These websites ensures trade securities through its ultimate trader, online brokerage with news, research and online banking, money-market accounts, CDs and interest checking, Online trading with free real-time quotes and e-mail notification of trades; broker assistance, Free equity-research reports, market quotes and news, online bank with checking and savings accounts, home loans, credit cards, insurance and investing, Online banking and investing, also they offer discount broker with online and Touch-Tone trading, as well as investment seminars and retirement planning, An online brokerage with research and planning tools, access to IPOs, online bill paying, retirement planning and more, Money transfers, bill paying, account information online, Pay bills, transfer funds and view account activity; information about credit cards, loans, bank products and investments, Internet-only bank with free checking and bill paying, online statements and four ATM-fee reimbursements per month. They offer trading in stocks, options, bonds and mutual funds, as well as selected IPOs; extended-hours trading, Trade stocks, follow the market, analyze stocks with access to tons of research and monitor your portfolio.
There are also websites which offers tool for e-commerce transactions that holds payment in an escrow account until the buyer verifies receiving and accepting the merchandise, Access and protect own credit report, Request rates from many kinds of insurance companies: auto, flood, home, renterÕs and others; copies of motor-vehicle-driving report available, Mutual funds; life, long-term-care, auto and supplemental health insurance are among the products offered ,these websites are A. B. Watley.com, American Express Financial Direct, Ameritrade, Askmerrill.com, Bank One, Bank of America, Bidwell &Co.
Charles Schwab, Chase, Citibank, Commerce online, Compubank, Credit411.com, Datek.com
The Dines Letter, Discover Brokerage, DLJdirect, Escrow.com, E*Trade, Fidelity Investments, Firstrade, First Union, 4freequotes.com, Freeman Welwood, Garage.com, GE Financial, AssuraNceGEICO Insurance.

E-commerce based Home and Family Website

These kind of website trade cookware, pets, baby and maternity needs, drugstores, gardening, furniture and decorating, gourmet foods, coffee and gifts, all kinds of seeds and flower bulbs, dozens of categories of baby products, prescription and nonprescription health products, fondue equipment, Christmas trees, Supplies for hydroponics, indoor and organic gardening, products for dogs, cats, birds, fish and other small animals, natural health and beauty supplies
These websites are Calphalon, Adatom.com, Chefstore.com, Burpee, The Baby Catalog of America, Babycenter.com, Cooking.com, Crate And Barrel, Diaperz.com, Drugstore.com, A Kitchen Emporium, Etera, Garden.com, Home harvest garden supply online, iBaby.com. The internet kitchen, Landscape usa, PetExpress, Petopia.com, Pets.com, Petstore.com, MotherNature.com
PlanetRX, Soma.com, VitaminShoppe, whole health discount center.

E-Commerce based Travel Websites

These websites help you get a mortgage, buy or sell a home, and find an apartment or a time-share. Search for apartments and short-term housing; get information on truck and furniture rental and renteris insurance, broker lists more than 200,000 properties, with neighborhood search, mortgage information and e-mail updates, home-worth estimates, finance home purchase or refinance your house; cash out your homes equity or finance a car purchase, Listings for second homes and retirement homes, homes, planned communities and time-shares near golf courses; also helps plan golf vacations, A International online real estate auctions, Includes a mortgage auction, where lenders bid for loan; access to free property reports; and property listings
These websites are Apartments.com, Century21.com, Coldwellbanker.com, Corcoranis, CyberHomes.com, Ditech.com, E-Loan, EscapeHomes.com, For Sale By Owner Connection, GolfCourseCommunities.com, HomeAdvisor, HomeClassifieds.com, Homebid.com, Homebuilder.com, HomeGain.com, Homes.com, homeseekers.com, interest.com, iOwn.com
listing link, Mortgage.com, Mortgagequotes.com, Homenet.com, Owners.com, property2000.com, Real estate.com, Realtor.com, Remax.com, Rent.net, The Retirement Net
Real estate.com, Springstreet.com, virtual relocation.com.