COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES

Trimester: 3rd, AY 2021-2022

COMP515/COMP711 INTRODUCTION TO E COMMERCE
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1
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Topic: Introduction to E-Commerce

Directions: Answer the following Questions in detail. Give your answers at least in 2 pages.
Question:
Discuss about the E-Commerce and Traditional Commerce. Compare and contrast the functions,
advantages and disadvantages of e-commerce and commerce. Identify 3 popular companies do the e-
commerce and discuss about what are the products they sell and their infrastructure.

Answers :

Traditional commerce is a part of business which centers around the trading of items and
administrations and incorporates that large number of exercises which supports trade, somehow or
another or the other. web based business implies carryng out business exchanges or trade of data,
electronically on the web.

Comparing:

BASIS FOR TRADITIONAL COMMERCE E-COMMERCE

COMPARISON

Meaning Traditional commerce is a branch e-Commerce means

of business which focuses on the
exchange of products and
services, and includes all those
activities which encourages
exchange, in some way or the
other.
carryng out commercial
transactions or exchange
of information,
electronically on the
internet.

Processing of Manual Automatic

Transactions

Accessibility Limited Time 24×7×365

Physical Goods can be inspected Goods cannot be

inspection physically before purchase. inspected physically
before purchase.
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Customer Face-to-face Screen-to-face

interaction

Scope of business Limited to particular area. Worldwide reach

Information No uniform platform for Provides a uniform

exchange exchange of information. platform for information
exchange.

Resource focus Supply side Demand side

Business Linear End-to-end

Relationship

Marketing One way marketing One-to-one marketing

Payment Cash, cheque, credit card, etc. Credit card, fund

transfer etc.

Delivery of goods Instantly Takes time

3 three companies doing E commerce

1 -Amazon

Amazon is one of the biggest global organizations over the world they're giving different sorts of items
to their clients they are doing their business universally you can arrange from anyplace all over the
planet and Amazon.com gave and conveyed to you in as quick as conceivable time for the most part as
we are in Bahrain Amazon needs to convey to item from you as something like multi week to fourteen
day greatest they are doing extremely excellent administrations and they are currently probably the
greatest organization around all the world.
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2- eBay

to work EBay is second biggest organization on the planet that are giving pursuit sorts of web based
business EBay is an organization that made by Google and they are presently giving items to generally
around all the world for equity the nations eBay currently opens in Saudi Arabia and UAE and you can
purchase from the site anything and they can give it you as quick as could be expected

3- dessert cart

this is called as another organization that made by UAE financial specialist he said that he need to
make such Arabic or Middle East organization that can do as like Amazon yet for different nations they
additionally have a many demonstrated many sort of undertakings you can find for the most part all
you really want from them they simply need three to five days to convey to Bahrain there are new
organizations so perhaps certain individuals are stress to manage them and afterward they have greater
security and more assurance to their conveyance time and their installment risk.
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COMP515/COMP711 INTRODUCTION TO E COMMERCE
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