Web Enabled Commerce

This week we explore the opportunities available for conducting commerce on the web. We have already looked at the Internet, networking, and the web, but we now look at specific uses of the web for commerce. The outline presented here is intended to help point out important topics and terms, but is not intended to replace the lecture or text.

Objectives

Web technologies

Web hosting options

Business models

Tips for Web-based commerce

Problems with online commerce

Avoiding identity theft online