eCommerce Advantages and Disadvantages

22.10.2015 17:02
 
Exercise 1: Read the following comments about E-commerce and decide with your group if they are positive or negative.

  1. Companies  are  dependent  on  postal  services  for  the  delivery  of goods;  these  are  not  always reliable.

  2. E-commerce allows a business to have direct contact with customers (eliminating wholesalers and retailers) and contact can be maintained through e-mail.

  3. Consumers can buy things from the convenience of their home and at any time.

  4. Consumers feel that there is a lack of personal contact and a sense of anonymity in E-commerce.

  5. E-commerce systems are economical to operate. They function automatically and so require fewer staff and less office space.

  6. It is easy to compare prices and find the cheapest offers (also by using price comparison sites).

  7. Many people still do not have regular access to computers and the Internet.

  8. There is a risk of hackers breaking into the website and stealing sensitive company data.

Exercise  2:
Look at the pictures below and the one you find in during the lesson, and watch the following videos:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLgFyerSq8o (2' 34'')
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAxs8BsJPDE (1' 57'')
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7PkNmosXtQ (1' 42'')
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Sd3NRzTPk (58'')
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VGbjcYFD7A (2' 3'')
  • https://teach-ict.com/gcse_new/being_online/ecommerce/miniweb/pg6.htm
  • https://teach-ict.com/gcse_new/being_online/ecommerce/miniweb/pg7.htm

Then create a poster where you enlight:
  1. advantages for businesses of using E-Commerce? Make a list
  2. advantages for Customers of using E-Commerce? Make a list
  3. disadvantages for businesses of using E-Commerce? Make a list
  4. disadvantages for customers of using E-Commerce? Make a list

 

 

 

 

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