Choose ONE of the following and post your comments ( image and video responses must be accompanied with some textual description!) in your own blog.

i) Visit bigboxx.com and identify the services the company provides to its customers. What type of EC is this? What business model(s) does Bigboxx use?

ii) Visit Amazon.com’s site ( amazon.com) and locate recent information in the following areas:

a) Find the 5 top selling books on EC related-subjects.
b) Find a review of one of these books.
c) Review the customer sercives you can get from Amazon.com and describe the benefits you receive from shopping there.
d) Review the products directory.

iii) Visit priceline.com and identify the various business models used by Priceline.com

iv) Go to ups.com and find information about recent EC projects that are related to logistics and supply chain management. How is UPS using wireless services?

v) Go to nike.com and design your own shoes. Next, visit office.microsoft.com and create your own business card. Finally, enter jaguar.com and configure the car of your dreams. What are the advantages of each activity? The disadvantages?

vi) Visit chemconnect.com. What kind of EC does this site represents? What benefits can it provide to buyers? How about for the sellers?

vii) It is time to sell or buy on an online auction. You can try ebay.com, auction.yahoo.com, or an auction site of your choice. You can participate in an auction in almost any country. Prepare a short report describing your experiences on your blog post.

viii) Try to save on your next purchase. Visit letsbuyit.com and buyerzone.com. Which site do you prefer? Why?

ix) Enter espn.go.com and identify and list all of the revenue sources on this site.

x) Enter eDiets.com. Find the personalized programs. Explain their benefits. Also, identify eDiet’s revenue model.

xi) Enter philantino.com and statusint.com. Identify the business model(s) and revenue models they use.

xii) Enter lowes.com. View the “design it” online feature and the animated “How Tos”. Examine the Project Calculators and Gift Advisor features. Relate these to the business models and other EC features of this chapter.

From the video above, ABOUT US are one of the important pages that MUST be available in any eCommerce website. What are the 2 main objectives of having ABOUT US page, from the customers point of view?

List and discuss among your peers ( in here, of course! ) what are the other 5 important page(s) to be available?

Lecture Slides 01 : Overview of Electronic Commerce

Main Text: Chapter 01

Try out the attached documents, comprises of :

i) MCQ questions and 5 essay style questions.

To be discussed during tutorial class!