Abstract:
The subjeet that is expected to influence the future growth of the Internet and other
forms of interaetive communication is electronic commerce. This application of
information technology perhaps best embodies the explosion of commercial interests
on the so-called "information highway." There is a great opportunity for Bangladesh
to enter thc markct of clectronie eommerce. Some entrepreneurs from Bangladesh
have already started electronic commerce through e-shop. But existing systems for
modern e-shop need a lot of features to attract people for online shopping. The
existing systems miss some basic and advanced functionality which should be
present in any modern e-shop.
In this work, ten popular e-shops in Bangladesh studied based on their functionality.
This work attempts to identify the different shortcomings of the e-shops of
Bangladesh compared to the most popular e-shops and then addresses these
shortcomings in the proposed software. Online shopping is analyzed based on
customcr's experience. How customer's shopping decision is influenced by the
presence of different functionality of modem e-shop is also analyzed. Model of a
modern e-shop is developed based on these studies. This project also suggests a
prototype of modem e-shop with all the basic functionality and some advanced
lunetionality found in today's most popular e-shops. The developed software is eost
effective, flexible and reliable and able to serve the online shopper properly. This
software is a guideline to the business people who wants to expand their business
through the Internet.
