E-commerce website consumer credibility (Topic 2 number 11)

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E-commerce stands for Electronic commerce. E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services over the internet- World Wide Web (Rouse, 2005).

A consumer to have a way to evaluate an e-commerce website testing its credibility is to make sure the consumer reviews the content, attractiveness, advertisement and functionality of the e-commerce website (Madison, n.d ).  


Two reasons that a consumer might be able to assess an e-commerce website is credible or not is by checking if the e-commerce website has the right software as well as the correct maintenance for the website (Sharoo, 2013).

Figure 17 : E-commerce (marktechx, n.d.)

Figure 18 : E-Commerce Is Changing (Buiusness Computing World, 2012).

Reference:

1. Rouse, M. 2005. e-commerce (electronic commerce or EC). Available: (http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/e-commerce) [Accessed 24 May 2013].

2. Madison, R. n.d. How to Evaluate an E commerceWebsite. Available: (http://www.wikihow.com/Evaluate-an-E-commerce-Website) [Accessed 24 May 2013].

3.missfisher130917. 2013.ways consumer might assess whether an e-commerce website is credible or not, [blog] 15 May. Available at:   http://13010917.blogspot.com/2013/05/11ways-consumer-might-assess-whether-e_15.html [Accessed  24 May 2013].

4. Figure 17 -  E-commerce.n.d. [image online]. Available at: http://www.marktechx.com/Web-images/E-commerce3.jpg [Accessed 24 May 2013].

5. Figure 18 -E-commerce Is Changing. 2012. [image online]. Available at:  http://www.businesscomputingworld.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/E-Commerce-Is-Changing.jpg [Accessed 24 May 2013].