Case mid-term Activity

Task 1
Over the break ensure that you identify any online business around Mombasa and obtain the following information; on how the business setup; what software and hardware was used; which advertising techniques are used; what payments methods are used to pay for the services; what are some security faced; what other challenges are there;what are some to solutions applied to the problems identified.

Task 2
Research on the assigned task and post your finding in the blog.

What challenges are associated with the following and what are some suggested solutions?

Tasin
a) Informing customers and potential customers of new products and offers through the web site or other e-marketing techniques.

b) Applying the correct project management techniques to develop the new web site.

Sajni
a) Using the different range of multimedia features effectively integrated on the web site.

b) Using and applying and use of an appropriate shopping cart service.

Atiya

a)Choosing appropriate methods of payment for goods (and delivery) purchased and using the shopping cart, such as PayPal, credit card payments and direct deposit to account.

b) setting an appropriate privacy and other policies for the web site.

Immacualte
a) Using a search engine optimization so that the web site appears on the first page of results.

b)the role of web site traffic analysis.

Gary
a)techniques that can be used to secure a web site.

b)the features offered by a range of web-hosting services