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The Internet was originally designed and implemented to support the national defense, and for a long period of time, the Internet remained non-profit. Colleges, universities and non-profit organizations were using it. Amazingly, when commercial websites began to emerge in the mid 1990's, the Internet exploded in growth, usage and has since permeated society. Electronic commerce is the next step for many businesses to grow an existing Internet Web presence, or reduce the costs of selling, or to launch a new service to the global marketplace.
Business Week magazine recently estimated the number of Internet users to be near 90 million worldwide. Forrester Research estimated that 2001 Internet based electronic commerce will approach $22 billion. If you are an industrial sales organization, your Internet site may be even more effective as Forrester Research estimates that as much as 80% of Internet based electronic commerce may be business to business. The cost structure is lower than direct selling, or telephone based sales. How many margin points could you shave off by investing in an electronic commerce Internet site?
Mango Bay Internet provides electronic commerce solutions with secure transactions that your customers can trust. The electronic storefront we will provide can represent your entire product line, with all the critical product information housed in databases enabling easy maintenance for adding and changing your products and services after the initial launch. As with Front Page 2000, you can assume responsibility for maintaining parts of your electronic storefront as well if you choose, or you can have Mango Bay's expert web design crew keep your site up to date and effective with your latest promotions and messages.
Still not convinced that Mango Bay can provide the electronic commerce solution your company or organization needs? Take a look at a an example e-commerce site we've crafted for one of our customers.
VeriSign Secure Socket Encryption
Mango Bay uses VeriSign digital
security from the leader in internet security. Your customers' order information and
credit card information will be secure, encrypted and safe from any hackers who have too
much free time and too little to offer society. We will promote the VeriSign logo on
your sign to gain your customers confidence in your site.
With Mango Bay, you have many options for scaling the investment you wish to make in your electronic commerce Internet website. For small websites, we offer a Microsoft Access approach that can be scaled to a SQL Server solution for large websites. We can help you phase your investment in over time, or stage an all out cyber assault on your competition. The choice, as always, is yours with Mango Bay.
Call the Bayline to find out what electronic commerce solutions could provide for your business.