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Ecommerce was very much seen as a passing fad or gimmick when the pioneers of this great web institution began. Certainly being tied to your computer screen to make a purchase you would have to wait for wouldn\u2019t hold the interest of consumers… Right?. Yet consumers began to shop were and sales were made none the less.<\/p>\n
One of the most challenging difficulties associated with early online transactions was the safety of the shopper’s personal financial information. As Internet hackers gained access to non-encrypted personal data it was a crushing point for many ecommerce businesses. There had to be a better way to conduct online business.<\/p>\n
Webopedia describes encryption this very simple way:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe translation of data into a secret code. Encryption is the most effective way to achieve data security. To read an encrypted file, you must have access to a secret key or password that enables you to decrypt it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The keys to ecommerce were given back to online businesses when transactions became encrypted. The new found privacy of customer data allowed ecommerce to become a viable and safe option for consumers once more.<\/p>\n
Suddenly the world small business and extensions of brick and mortar stores began to grow and entrepreneurs began to willingly begin to seriously consider web sales opportunities.<\/p>\n
This was a whole new way of doing business on the cutting edge of intangibles, like global reach. No longer did business owners absolutely have to have a sales staff, no longer was an outgoing personality required for business startup, no longer did business mean a brick and mortar storefront.<\/p>\n
Business Without Borders<\/h3>\n
The possibilities expanded even more and more businesses began to recognize their business could be presented in a global fashion, for less startup and operational expense<\/p>\n
Business had so long always been associated with a town, region or district, but online businesses could be conducted without geographical barriers or distinctions.<\/p>\n
Ecommerce made way for an opportunity to explore the world of business… For anyone possible. What had been seen as elite and unattainable was suddenly a genuine opportunity. Ecommerce soared in to business owner’s hearts on a \u2018no discrimination\u2019 policy. Entrepreneurs of all ages, racial distinctions and economic levels began to find value in marketing to a worldwide customer base, who cared more for the product than the stigma of personal definition and clout that often made brick and mortar business more difficult.<\/p>\n
An Interesting Paradigm<\/h4>\n
A financial phenomenon that has taken place in many ecommerce stores as a growing percentage of online sales continue to grow, while brick and mortar store sales are either static or in a slight decline. This seems to indicate a genuine change in the purchasing decisions and shopping patterns of our consumers.<\/p>\n
Perhaps in the future we will see more Internet product fulfillment centers and fewer brick and mortar storefronts as ecommerce continues to gain steam as a premier shopping alternative, and valid marketing avenue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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