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Introduction to E-Commerce

Before you begin learning to use ShopSite, it's helpful to know some basic information about the greater world of E-commerce. Most people are already familiar with E-commerce from the shopper's point of view, and you may already have some experience with commerce in the brick-and-mortar world. E-commerce from a merchant's point of view is similar in many ways to both shopping online and running a brick-and-mortar store, but there are also a number of unique factors to operating a Web-based store that you may not be as familiar with.

This section discusses E-commerce in general, and explains many of the terms and components that are a part of operating a Web-based store. It is divided into the following topics:

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