Electronic Commerce System

Electronic Commerce System is a tool that helps all online stores to manage
processes. It involves all kinds of processes from managing inventory, adding
or removing products, payments, computing taxes and many others. It has
all retail sites needs in effective online store management.

The two general classifications of electronic commerce software and their

type of deployment.

1. On-premise – Installed on a local server or computer managed by a

team that handles manual updates, fix problems and do
troubleshooting. Online sellers usually choose on-premise solutions
because it allowed them to have a hand on their management better
than hosted solutions.
2. Software as a Service – Sometimes called as SaaS or hosted
solutions. These is the other way around since all the updates,
troubleshooting and new released feature are done in one click.

What does Electronic Commerce System do?

Electronic Commerce System can handle task in operating online stores from
your products or services up to invoicing. Here are the functions of Electronic
Commerce System.

1. Manage Customers and Orders – Managing customers is a vital

process that if not handled properly can lead to reports and bad
feedback to the store. Since Electronic Commerce System manage
customers from product selection, to payment, to check out and
delivery it helps store have customers come back to their store.
2. Manage Product and Inventory - Electronic Commerce System is
like hiring someone to monitor your products. It gives you specific
names, description, size, color, quantity and even images that allows
you to organize your items specifically. It also reports on what stocks
are low and what stocks are to be replenished.
 3. Automate Shipping and Taxation – printing shipping labels, sending
notification through email and calculating taxes and delivery can be
done in Electronic Commerce System accurately.

How does Electronic Commerce System work?

There are steps on how Electronic Commerce System works.

1. A shopper visits your stores and browse your products.

2. The customers uses shopping cart to create an account with his/her
information to be saved in the database.
3. Once the customer is in check out stage, the website goes into secure
mode display a lock symbol this means that the customer has found its
desired product.
4. After a third-party-software provides the customer delivery options,
shipping rate and expected date to be delivered.
5. When the customers enters the credit card number, the information is
sent to a payment processor gateway like Paypal.
6. The order is now complete and all information are stored with the
payment processor.
7. You can have the payment deposited in your account.