Overview of Existing Store Business Models

Overview of Existing Business ModelsE-Commerce Platform(Magento, BigCommerce, Volusion, Amazon webstore, etc)

Online Store of Independent Business (examples - BestBuy, Apple)

Online business Store (examples - Soap.com, Fancy.com)

Online Store for 3rd party sellers (examples - Amazon.com, eBay.com)

Shopping Aggregators (examples - Google.com/Shopping)

Flesh Stores (Gilt.com)

Social Stores (Facebook eCommerce)

E-Commerce Platforms

is a software application which settled up on the business website and allows business to sell online their products.

http://tomrobertshaw.net/2012/02/feb-2012-ecommerce-survey/

e-Commerce platforms on the Market:

• Magento 6,795 sites (20%)• Zen Cart 4,042 sites (7%)• Virtual Mart 3,914 sites• osCommerce 3,199 sites

Most Popular eCommerce Software

http://tomrobertshaw.net/2012/02/feb-2012-ecommerce-survey/

Online Store of Independent Business

Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce allowing consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller web-site.

Online Business Store

Now the majority businesses are selling online.

Popular ones• Apple online Store• Flipkart.com• Newegg.com• ShoeDazzle.com

Online Store for 3rd party sellers

Online platform that seller can log in and sell via this platform, pay fee for listing, selling, transaction, designing the store itself.

The most popular

Amazon.com*• Transaction Fees 8%-25%• Listing Fees free-$2• Store monthly charge -$58

*As of Feb 2015

Shopping Aggregator

Shopping Aggregator refers to a web site that aggregates products listings from multiple online stores.

Among the biggest ones:

• Buy.com• Froogle.com

Discount (Flash) Stores

Offering Flash sales on time-limited bases

• Products (Gilt.com)• Services (Groupon.com)

Flash Sales -Time-limited steep discounts on goods offered by retailers to offload surplus stock either directly.

Social Shopping

Social Shopping is a method of e-commerce where shoppers' friends become involved in the shopping experience. Social shopping attempts to use technology to mimic the social interactions found in physical malls and stores.

Shopping communities bring like-minded people together to discuss,

share, and shop.

New way of shopping

Combines the best features of each shopping model

• Allows sellers sell with 0% commission • Allows lower overall prices• Maximization social shopping experiences• Offers coupons and deals