every day of the year. Few real world stores can justify such an arrangement (Cameron 21). Existing businesses can create Web sites as an additional sales channel, but the Web also opens the possibilities for new types of enterprises that have no real-world counterparts. In the virtual of cases, a store can have no inventory and no square footage to maintain. Stores such as wine seller Virtual Vineyards and bookstore Amazon.com keep some items in inventory, but have no retail outlets apart from their Web sites. Manufacturing companies can assemble products as need arises, following the lead of such PC manufacturers as Gateway and Dell rather than maintaining huge inventories. Even stores with retail outlets find that their Web-based stores do not face the same shelf space limitations real-world stores do. No restrictions exist on the number of items an online store can carry.There are disadvantages that accompany E-commerce. These disadvantages may include: privacy and security, willingness to pay, technical challenges, and last but not least organizational commitment. A potential source of trouble is customer concerns with privacy and security. Anything sent over the Internet is sent through several different computers before it reaches its destination. The concern regarding Internet security and privacy is that unscrupulous hackers can capture credit card or checking account data as it is transferred or break into computers that hold the same information. Security on the Internet is much like security for your home. There is a point when the effort outweighs the advantages. As with your home you usually stop adding security features when you feel safe. Making a customer feel safe is what is important in doing business on the Internet. But how do we, as consumers, know this being addressed for sure? What precautions do E-commerce websites take to avoid such problems? The answer is simple: encryption. Ever since the 2....
