Event Notification in E-commerce System

Most E-commerce applications are event-driven systems that respond to a multitude of events – from new customer’s first website access, to payment and delivery processes, and to innumerable customer relationship and supply chain management activities.

That is why event notification processes play an important role in E-commerce systems, since customers, suppliers, employees, and other stakeholders must be notified of all events that might affect their status in a transaction.

Event notification software works with the workflow management software to monitor all E-commerce process and record all relevant events, including unexpected changes or problem situations.

Then it works with user profiling software to automatically notifying all involved stakeholders of important transaction events using appropriate user preferred method of electronic, messaging, such as E-mail, newsgroup, pager, and fax communications.

This includes notifying a company’s management so they can monitor their employees’ responsiveness to E-commerce events and customer and supplier feedback.

For example, when we purchase a product at a retail E-commerce website like Amazon.com, we automatically receive an E-mail record of our order.

Then we may receive e-mail notifications of any changes in product availability or shipment status, and finally, and e-mail message notifying us that our order has been shipped and is complete.
Event Notification in E-commerce System

eBay

eBay is an online market place that enables trade on a national and international basis. It has become a global phenomena and one of the few international websites that enjoys billion of dollar turnover annually.

Initially, eBay was a primarily a site to auction off collectibles like trading cards, antiques, dolls and homeware, but over years it has exploded to used cars, clothing, books, CDs, and electronics.

It is the platform for trade that can be used by business and individuals alike. eBay brings E-commerce to millions of consumer and small business participants who congregate in thousands of communities of interest that provide the critical mass of buyers and sellers required for then success of the countless electronic auctions taken place daily.

Seller can be a big business, a local stores, or a teenager unloading his old baseball cards.

The businesses credits basic business requirements such as financial discipline, understanding and serving diverse customer needs, building and outstanding management team, and hiring committed employees for eBay’s success.

eBay is huge and it is still growing.

eBay doesn’t sell a thing. Instead, the site dose what all good hosts do: it creates a comfy environment that brings together people with common interests.
eBay