Shopping Sites (Edexcel IGCSE ICT): Revision Note
Shopping sites
What is a shopping site?
Shopping websites offer customers the ability to purchase a range of products and services
Characteristics of shopping websites include:
Product catalogue
Basket
Checkout
Secure payments
Product catalogue
When shopping online, users browse a catalogue of products
Catalogues are often grouped in to categories to make browsing easier
Catalogues are also linked so the user can have similar recommendations made for them during their shopping experience
When a customer selects an item from the product catalogue, then can add it to their basket
Basket
A shopping site basket allows the user to be able to add multiple items or products from the store to their basket
It is a way for the user to keep everything in one place until they are ready to pay for their items
Using a basket allows the user to be able to pay in full for their entire purchase in one transaction
Checkout
When a user is ready to complete the purchase of their items, they will do this at checkout
Checkout also allows users to
edit delivery details
use voucher codes
Checkout can often ask users to sign in, or proceed as a guest on the site to complete their purchase with ease
Secure payment
When payment is made, shopping websites will use a secure payment method to ensure the transaction is secure
This will often be done by a third-party payment processor
More information about security of websites can be found in in the revision note ' Methods of Securing Data'
Advantages and disadvantages to the customer
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