Chapter 03 – Retailing in Electronic Commerce, Products and Services
Answers for Chapter 02
Chapter 02 – E-Marketplaces: Structures, Mechanisms, Economics, and Impacts
Answers for Exercises in the TextBook
Greetings from ecommerce202!
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2008... HAVE A GOOD YEAR AHEAD AND MAY ALL OF YOU HAVE A BLESSFUL YEAR THIS YEAR...HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
P/S: hate to bring this up, but midterm come right a week after that...!
Your Very Own Online Retail Advert!
YOU are to choose ONE product to be advertise ON YOUR BLOG. It may ranges from any products you can think of, as long as its not an ADULT-related products ( you should knw what i mean...!).
Your audience will be your peers ( your classmates in BCPD202).
Your advertisement style are up to you...You may upload an image or two, or record a video with you handphones ( optional) and some good taglines to attract people to buy the item.
Here are one example of it....The last date to post on this would be before the MIDTERM week!!
p/s : YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE RESPONDING TO YOUR BLOG within the SAME WEEK! try!....
Case study-based Quiz (10%)
Dear all,
There will be a case study-based Quiz on CHAPTER 3 (10%) ONLY. If this comes as a shock to you, well, then,.you need to refer back to the Scheme of Work, which happens to be under COURSE INFORMATION folder. The details are as follows:
TIME : 8.10 a.m.(3.1), 9.10a.m.(2.1)
DATE : 31st Jan 2008
VENUE : EA4
QUESTION STYLE : structure-based
CHAPTER INVOLVED : CHAPTER 3 ONLY.
Requirement/ What to Revised on : EC APPLICATION( AMAZON.com), CASE 3.1- 3.6
Ms Saleena.
Lecture Slides Topic 03b
Retailing in Electronic Commerce:Products and Services
Lecture Slides Topic 03a
Retailing in Electronic Commerce:Products and Services
Online Exercises for Chapter 2!
Choose ONE and submit your report in your own BLOG….if you haven’t attempt similar type of question in Tutorial Week 01 ( Chapter 1), pls DO SO..!
i) Visit bluenile.com, diamond.com and jewelryexchange.com. Compare the sites. Comment on the similarities and differences.
ii) Go to cisco.com, google.com, and cio.com and locate information about the status of the “virtual close”. Write a report based on your findings.
iii) Visit ticketmaster.com, ticketonline.com and other sites that sell event tickets online. Assess the competition in online ticket sales. What services do the different sites provides?
iv) Examine how bartering is conducted onlie at tradeway.com, buyersbag.com, u-exchange.com and intagio.com. Compare the functionalities and ease of use of these sites.
v) Enter pages.ebay.com/wireless and investigate the use of “anywhere wireless”. Review the wireless devices and find out how they work.
vi) Enter mfgquote.com and review the process by which buyers can send RFQs to merchants of their choice. Evaluate all of the online services provided by the company. Write a report based on your findings. Remember, your report can be accompanied with an audio or video!
vii) Enter Timberland Boot Studio ( timberland.com) and design a pair of boots. COmpare it to building your own sneakers at nike.com.
viii) Enter respond.com and send a request for a product or a service. Once you receive replies, select the best deal. You have no obligation to buy. Write a short report based on your experience.
ix) Enter bloomsburgcarpet.com. Explain how the site solves the problem of sending carpet sample books to representatives all over the country. What are the special features of the electronic catalogs here?
x) Enter onstar.com and review its services. Comment on the usability of each services.
xi) Enter yahoo.com and find what personalization methods it uses.
