Have you ever wondered how artists, musicians, or business
people who do NOT have a website, can join in the world of
ecommerce and make profits? Thanks to new online
technologies, the Internet now affords everyone an
opportunity for profits. One of the latest business trends
on the Internet is something called Effortless Commerce, an
integrated, turnkey managed eCommerce solution that enables
even those folks who don't have their own websites to sell
and deliver content to a worldwide audience. The technology
enables people to profit from their content who otherwise
could not easily do so. They can literally create a
product, put it on a storefront for sale, and make profits.
Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or
eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products
or services over electronic systems such as the Internet.
Let's say you are a personal trainer who has a new DVD to
sell, or a young aspired musician with the latest music
that you would like to get out to the world. You don't make
enough money yet to spend the money for a website. You have
explored the route of getting a manager and sales team to
sell your product into retail stores, but this cuts into
the percent of profits that you could make. Where can you
turn?
The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown
dramatically since the wide introduction of the Internet.
The Census Bureau of the US Department of Commerce
estimated that U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the second
quarter of 2007, adjusted for seasonal variation and
holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price
changes, was $33.6 billion, an increase of 6.4 percent
(0.8%) from the first quarter of 2007.
Online storefront using Effortless Commerce requires no
coding or technical expertise. People have the option to
offer products in downloadable formats so that their
customers can purchase physical disks, digital downloads,
or both. Their online store will automatically display
options in the local language and currency for visitors;
provides automatic tax calculation, filing, and payment;
has special pricing structure for content suppliers;
editing, authoring and graphic design services; uses an On
Demand Production Engine whereby CD/DVD products are
manufactured upon purchase with zero inventory; offers
automated order processing ... everything, from the time of
purchase until shipping products, happens automatically and
on time; multiple shipping methods and worldwide delivery;
provides email notifications to customers with shipping
confirmations and tracking numbers; and features automatic
payment.
Another trend in online business is a new phenomenon called
pretailing, which Garter says, "consists of the
multi-channel shopping activities consumers do before they
even visit a retailer's Web site or local store. Pretailing
will increase in importance as consumers get access to more
retail information and services on the Internet." (Source:
Gartner Group, 28 February 2007)
And if you don't think that eCommerce is important enough
to the global economy, according to the
PriceWaterhouseCoopers' Global Entertainment and Media
Outlook 2006-2010, online advertising spend predictions
will reach $26 billion by the year 2010.
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Acutrack, Inc. (http://www.acutrack.com ) enables customers
to create, publish and deliver custom content for DVD and
CD distribution worldwide. The company provides fast,
high-quality CD and DVD production including video editing,
DVD authoring, graphic design, photo realistic and
silkscreen printing, and a variety of packaging, copy
protection and fulfillment services.
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