Hands-on Exercise No.

1 Total Marks: 10
Batch-04
E-Commerce Management Due Date: 05/09/2019

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Learning Outcome:

After completing this exercise, you shall be able to:

· Identify Top E-Commerce Websites in Pakistan.

· Perform basic steps of product sourcing and market research.
· Create Quality, Popularity, Rating and Pricing relationship of online products.
· Select different options of exploring cheaper and profitable products for online selling.
 Problem Statement

Please perform the following steps:

1. Select 2 products from following E-Commerce platform/websites and create a table structure as shown
in Answer Table. Send a screenshot of your selected platforms. (2 Marks).

Daraz.pk, Homeshopping.pk, Symbios.pk, Telemart.pk, Mega.pk, Facebook, Olx.com.pk.

2. Perform market research using the training Video_1 (E_Commerce_Batch04_Ex_1_Video_1.mp4) shared

below. Please share one screen shot of each step and fill the Answer Table. (3 Marks).

a) Perform price comparison of your selected product in different market places.

Fill the Answer table (Row 2a) with price of your selected product as explained in Video_2.
(E_Commerce_Batch04_Ex_1_Video_2.mp4)
b) Perform product rating comparison of your selected product in different market places.
Fill the Answer table (Row 2b) with product rating value as explained in Video_2.
c) Perform product reviews comparison of your selected product in different market places.
Fill the Answer table (Row 2c) with product reviews as explained in Video_2.

3. What is the best strategy for buying a low-cost product? Where can you find the lowest cost product
which you selected in Question 1? (3 Marks)
a) Find a local wholesale supplier, manufacturer or vendor of your selected product? Please fill
the Answer Table (Row 3a) with the vendor/supplier/manufacture Name and Prices as explained
in Video_2.
b) What is the cost of a product if you buy from Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Eid Sale, New
Year or seasonal sales etc.? Fill the Answer Table (Row 3b) with the value of event on which the
lowest price product is available. See steps explanation in Video_2.
c) How much profit you can make by selling this product online from your own store. Please
fill the Answer Table (Row 3c) as explained in Video_2.

4. What is the difference between a product selling and service selling online? Please provide two examples
of selling products online and selling services online. Please view Video_3
(E_Commerce_Batch04_Ex_1_Video_3.mp4) and provide a brief answer (2 Mark).

Please refer to following explanatory videos for solving the exercise.

1.https://lms.digiskills.pk/Courses/ECM101/Downloads/E_Commerce_Batch04_Ex_1_Video_1.mp4
2.https://lms.digiskills.pk/Courses/ECM101/Downloads/E_Commerce_Batch04_Ex_1_Video_2.mp4
3.https://lms.digiskills.pk/Courses/ECM101/Downloads/E_Commerce_Batch04_Ex_1_Video_3.mp4
 ANSWER TABLE

Q1) Select any 2 products Daraz.pk Olx.com.pk Homeshopping.pk Facebook.com Homeshopping.pk

from E-Commerce
websites

Products name

Q2a) Product price

Q2b) Product rating

(1* to 5*)

Q2c) Products reviews

(Good, Bad, Average ,NA)

Q3 What is the best

strategy for buying a low-
cost product?

Q3a) What is the lowest

price of the product? Can
you buy this product form
a local wholesale supplier,
manufacturer or vendor?
Please mention supplier
name and price.

Q3b) Cost of a product if

you buy from an discount
event.((Black Friday, Cyber
Monday, Eid sale etc.)
Please mention event name
and price.

Q3c) How much profit

you can make by selling
this product online.
 BEST OF LUCK

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