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Performance Objective
The student will be able to use all available
resources to research details of setting up a
virtual business office.
Specific Objective
The student is expected to research details of
setting up a virtual business office.
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URL
Domain Name
InterNIC
Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML)
HTML Tags
Clip Art
GIF/JPEG
Web Editor
Web Server
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Publish
Webmaster
Top-Level Domain Name
Shopping-Cart Software
Program or Service
Internet Merchant Account
Payment Gateway Account
Web-Hosting Company
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Do
you know what it takes to
make a good e-commerce
website?
If someone asked you ‘How do I
start an e-business?’, could
you tell him or her?
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Well…
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Brainstorm and record a list of your favorite
business websites.
Types of businesses to include:
A
local business that sells a product/products
 A local business that sells a service
 A national/international business that sells a
product/products
 A national/international business that sells a service
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at Should
My
Website
Include?
What
Should
My
Website
Include?
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Use the provided file/document, ‘Web Site Evaluation Form’ and
the master list of businesses we brainstormed together.
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You will answer 11 yes/no questions about each of the websites
and 4 open-ended questions on the website(s) of your choice.
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We will discuss our findings tomorrow after we have finished
researching. Be prepared to report your findings.
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Determine if you
will build your own
site or if you will use
an online website
building program.
Purchase a shopping
cart software or service
so you can take orders,
calculate shipping and
sales tax, and send
order notifications.
Obtain an
internet
merchant
account in
order to
allow you to
accept credit
card
payments
online.
Obtain a
payment
gateway
account that
verifies
information,
transfers
requests, and
authorizes credit
cards in real
time.
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Determine
how to host
your site
(either through
a dedicated
server or using
a web-hosting
company).
‘Test the Waters’
on other websites.
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You need a website to sell your product/service…
What would you do and why?
Question 1-How would you develop your website?
Question 2-What would you use to take orders, calculate sales
tax, and send order verifications?
Question 3-From whom would you request the internet
merchant account?
Question 4-Who would you use to provide your payment
gateway account?
Question 5-What would you use to host your site?
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How did you do?
Performance Objective
Were you able to use all available resources to research
details of setting up a virtual business office?
Specific Objective
Did you research and record details of setting up a virtual
business office?
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 Create
your own e-commerce site, making
sure to include important information shared
in the lesson.
 Take
screen shots of your top 5 websites and
either put together a presentation or set it
up in a word processing document. Each
screen shot should include the name of the
website and why it was selected.
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