BUSN125 Exploring E-Commerce

Chapter 11

Electronic Wallet Project

Electronic Wallets

An electronic wallet serves a function similar to a physical wallet: holds credit cards, electronic cash, owner identification, and owner contact information provides owner contact information at an electronic commerce sites checkout counter
Electronic wallets make shopping more efficient.

Electronic Wallets

Electronic wallets store shipping and billing information, including a consumers first and last names, street address, city, state, country, and zip or postal code.
Electronic wallets automatically enter required information into checkout forms.

Microsoft .NET Passport

Microsoft Passport Wallet comes preinstalled in Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher versions.
All the personal data you enter into your Microsoft Passport, including your name, address, and credit card information, are encrypted and password-protected.

Electronic Wallet Examples

Google NetPay Wallet Qwallet Wells Fargo Bank

Yahoo! Wallet

Functions the same way as other electronic wallets, but with certain advantages:
Yahoo! hosts several services and shops that can accommodate its own wallet Can be used at more than 10,000 Yahoo! Store merchants
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/wallet/wallet-07.html

Gator Wallet

http://www.gator.com/home2.html

E- Wallet Project
1. What do e-wallets do? 2. What, if any difference, is there between the Microsoft.net wallet and the Yahoo wallet? 3. What is the difference between the above wallets and the Gator e-wallet? 4. What would you recommend to Evan Moskowitz in Exercise #3 on page 525?