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2.0 Unit 2 Overview: Building an E-Commerce Presence

Lesson 7 of 21 in the free E-Commerce notes on Siksha Sarovar, written by Rohit Jangra.

Unit II — Overview: Building an E-Commerce Presence

Unit II is the practical "how to build" unit. Topics:

  1. Planning — defining business goals, identifying audience, choosing platform
  2. System Analysis & Design — capturing requirements, designing site architecture
  3. Software & Hardware — choosing tech stack, hosting
  4. Site components — Product catalog, PLP, PDP, Cart, Checkout
  5. Third-party integrations — Payments, analytics, customer support, order tracking, shipping, returns
  6. New technologies — Chatbots, recommendation systems, smart search, AR, Big Data, Cloud

Learning outcomes

After Unit II you should be able to:

  • Plan an e-commerce site: goals → audience → platform → budget
  • Identify the standard site components and the journey through them
  • Choose between SaaS / build-your-own / open-source
  • Specify required third-party integrations and choose vendors
  • Recognise emerging technologies (chatbots, AR, big data, cloud) and their commerce uses

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Chapter mapping (IPU)

  • TB1 (Laudon): Chapters 2, 3
  • RB1 + RB3

Typical exam weight

Unit II is the application-heavy unit. Common questions:

  • Discuss the components of an e-commerce website. — 12.5 marks
  • Describe new technologies in e-commerce (chatbots, AR, big data, cloud). — 12.5 marks
  • Explain the steps in building an e-commerce site. — 12.5 marks