What Is Ecommerce?

Ecommerce or electronic commerce refers to the buying and selling of goods and services over the internet. It involves online transactions between buyers and sellers with payment and delivery of the purchased item typically taking place online. Ecommerce can take many different forms including online marketplaces, digital storefronts and subscription-based services. Ecommerce has become increasingly popular in recent years, thanks in part to the rise of mobile devices and the increasing ease and security of online transactions. It has also given businesses the opportunity to reach customers around the world, creating new opportunities for growth and expansion.

Why is Ecommerce Development important?

Ecommerce website development is important for several reasons, including:

1. Increased Sales: Ecommerce development allows businesses to reach a wider audience, 24/7, which can lead to increased sales and revenue. It also allows for greater convenience for customers, who can make purchases from the comfort of their own homes.
2. Cost-Effective: Ecommerce development can be more cost-effective than traditional brick-and-mortar stores, as it eliminates many of the expenses associated with physical storefronts, such as rent, utilities, and maintenance.
3. Better Customer Experience: Ecommerce development can provide a better customer experience through features such as product recommendations, personalized shopping experiences, and easy checkout processes.
4. Analytics and Insights: Ecommerce development provides businesses with valuable data and analytics, which can help them better understand their customers' behavior and preferences, and make data-driven decisions to improve their marketing and sales strategies.
5. Global Reach: Ecommerce development allows businesses to reach customers all over the world, providing opportunities for expansion and growth.

Overall, ecommerce development can help businesses increase sales, reduce costs, and provide a better customer experience, making it a crucial component of modern business strategy.

What Kind of Indication proves that e-commerce is good?

There are several indications that e-commerce can be good for businesses:

1. Increased Sales: One of the primary indications that e-commerce is good for businesses is an increase in sales. E-commerce provides businesses with a wider reach, as customers can access their products and services from anywhere, at any time.
2. Improved Customer Experience: E-commerce platforms allow businesses to provide a better customer experience, with features such as personalized product recommendations, easy checkout processes, and 24/7 customer support.
3. Cost-Effective: E-commerce can be more cost-effective than traditional brick-and-mortar stores, as it eliminates many of the expenses associated with physical storefronts, such as rent, utilities, and maintenance.
4. Data and Analytics: E-commerce provides businesses with valuable data and analytics, which can help them better understand their customers' behavior and preferences, and make data-driven decisions to improve their marketing and sales strategies.
5. Global Reach: E-commerce allows businesses to reach customers all over the world, providing opportunities for expansion and growth.

Overall, if a business is experiencing increased sales, improved customer experience, cost savings, access to valuable data and analytics, and the ability to reach customers globally, it is a good indication that e-commerce is working well for them.

Hey everyone my name is Karsen Lavigne and I am a real estate photographer. I work with the best real estate photography business in the Okanagan - I’m looking to find the coolest houses/properties in Kelowna for a video project I’m making.
If you have a really cool house and want free pictures of your house for the memories please contact me I’d love to talk!

There were a few public comments that made me think the vote was only for residential zoning, and commercial zoning restrictions would be voted on separately (one said this week, and the court-imposed deadline is Friday). But I can't find any reference to that in City Council agendas or news articles.
Does anyone know for sure? It would be great if we don't have to fight this shit again, especially since commercially-zoned STRs are still fucking housing.

I decided I’m smoking tomorrow! I’ll have the house to myself for a few hours after work and want to do it. Since I haven’t smoked in so long I’m thinking of just sitting on the couch and watching TV. What are easy things to follow because I’ll probably be spaced out? LOL. I was thinking Bo Burnhams Inside or Animal Planet. What do you like to watch? It can be movies too!

I just got married and now I am responsible for house maintenance. I know some of the basic stuff but would like to know the tips and tricks to keep my house clean in an optimal way. How do you clean your house? Tell me your routine of washing clothes (including bedsheets and curtains), keeping furniture clean, kitchen hygiene,, and anything else you can think of. I am working in the kitchen and cleaning every day and i always find my house dirty. Please help.

Hi! For current engineering students, I was just wondering if it was easy to find living accommodations for the four months you are at the co-op place. Since co-op is offered in many cities and countries outside of Victoria, I was worried that I may struggle with finding housing for four months if the co-op destination is outside Victoria.
Any help or advice would be appreciated, thank you!

We used a USDA loan $0 Down (highly recommend)-it was literally no cost to us. We purchased a newly renovated 3 bed 1 bath ~1500sqft house (finished basement) + .50 acre lot for $135,000. Offered about 5k over asking so we could ask seller to cover closing costs. We wrote a letter to the sellers and won out in a bidding war with 10 others. I think buying a home is not out of the realm of possibility for you all. Esp since most of you make more than $18/hr and are single 🙃 Btw-we are 5 minutes outside a big city-USDA homes don’t always mean you have to live in the buttcrack of nowhere.

Yesterday was another classic example of a disastrous couple’s vacation I’ve had with my husband.
A bit of background story. Originally I saw an offer for an all inclusive couple’s getaway in a spa hotel near the historic French city Strasbourg. The plan was to dine and spend the night at the hotel, go visit the city the next day.
Instead, hubby decided that he needed two days to visit the city, and booked an Airbnb in another city nearby because it was cheaper. And the spa? Well, if you drive 2 hours into the mountains in Germany, there is a gigantic water park with a spa inside.
So when the time came for the vacation, I stressed that it was important for me to spend time in the spa. Instead, he rushed me out of the spa to go visit the water park. When I reminded him again that I wanted to spend some time at the spa, he managed to get us kicked out of the spa by making an issue about being naked in the clothing free area (which we read and knew about before we booked our tickets for the spa)
After leaving early to go to our Airbnb, we found ourselves at the edge of a town two hours away from Strasbourg. Everything was closed (admittedly not his fault because there was no explanation. Presumably some shops closed in protest to the French pension reform.) So after walking around town, we ended up driving 2 hours back to Strasbourg and spending half a day there. Of course, since we already lost half a day, we could only make the most of the time we had to visit what we could.
We then asked our friend who came from the region for some recommendations. As we were arriving at the destination - a famous farmer’s market with a bistro, hubby decided to park at the other side of town because he thought the farmer’s market was going to be boring and wanted to also see the city. So we spent an extra half an hour just walking to and from our destination while admiring the asphalt roads and cars driving by.
He also did not forget to make a trite remark about us having to leave so early, despite knowing since last week that I had to leave the house at 5am the next day for a work appointment.
After all the trouble, did his majesty enjoy the trip? No, because he had to drive so much. Well then why did you change the original plan to include hours of drive, crossing into two countries, just for a spa and a visit to Strasbourg?
This happens almost every time because he decides to make his own plans after everyone else already has things planned out. And he acts hurt when I don’t want to spend my vacation days together with him.
Seriously, for the sake of my sanity and our relationship - go do your own things and let me enjoy my vacation how I want.

When I was 18 I met a man who would hit me and rape me. It started as a relationship, but he made me feel like he would kill my family or hurt me if I didn't do what he wanted. I was with him for 5 years. I tried to leave but couldn't. I got out when I ran from him and he was arrested. I got as far away from him as I could and never looked back.
When I was 20 I had an abortion. The man who was hitting me got me pregnant and I couldn't survive carrying his baby.
I have been with my current partner for 3 and a half years. I thought I had broken the cycle. My current boyfriend is 12 years old than me and has 3 children, ages 9-15. I'm 6 weeks pregnant. There has been a lot of problems, but I thought they were solved. You can see my other posts. Tonight he is struggling because he read something that says he is an emotionally unsupported parent and he told me he can't have another baby.
We were laying in bed. I was trying to sleep. He was telling me I need to have an abortion. I asked to wait discussing this until the morning. He kept at it. I said I would have the baby and he would never see it. He said he no longer loves me, that I am his enemy and that I deserved how my ex treated me.
I have no friends. I have no relationship with my family. He convinced me everyone around me was bad. Now I'm completely alone. I have to leave the house I own with him and abort our child. I don't understand how another man has made me feel this worthless again. I'm completely alone.
I'm getting counselling set up. I'm just so confused.

I'll keep this brief but try to mention as much as I can as possible.
My parents have been together for 22 years (not married but engaged), and he has lived in our house since we moved in back in 2014 or so. He put a 17k payment towards the house but my mom has paid every bill till this day, the most he has done is renovations towards the backyard and etc.
Fast forward to now, he cheated on my mom and it resulted in him being kicked out of the house. The locks have been changed and my mom is trying to go no-contact with him unless it's about my brother and me. Where my legal question lies, he is threatening to call the police to have entry to the home since because he lived here for more than 6 months he is legally allowed in (?). I don't know the merit of this (we live in FL) but he is also trying to get lawyers for a lien as well.
I must mention that he is verbally abusive (can also get physical and has threatened via text about how the locks won't stop him from entering the house and he'll find a way in regardless) and suffers from an alcohol problem (a DUI is on his record as well). I want her to get a restraining order but am unsure of FL laws regarding this injunction.
Any advice or recommendations about this scenario is highly appreciated. Daily he is messaging my mom about getting lawyers involved and we want to be prepared and know our rights about this.

My dad got me a 2012 Chevy Cruze LT in October for my birthday ($5,600) it’s been having issues since I got it, first with the tire pressure sensors which turned out to be my tires, not the sensors. Two months ago when I was turning on some roundabouts I got a warning about oil spillage for like .02 seconds and then it stopped, it started making noises so I put oil in it and it would go away so I’ve just been adding oil to my car. This morning my car did the oil spill warning again when I turned a lil too hard and it immediately went away but no noise this time. I went to my boyfriends house after school and when I left and pulled into my road my car tells me that my tire pressure is low (28) and as soon as I pulled into my driveway I checked my tire and there was no nail or anything and it was full. I’m assuming air came out because my road is a little rough but I’ll check it tomorrow before school. I also turned my car on again to see the pressure and my car didn’t wanna turn on for a second but it did eventually. Can anyone give me reliable car suggestions? Or what I could possibly trade the car for (fixed or not fixed, I live in Arkansas).

I just discovered aphantasia recently (not being able to see things in your mind) and I believe I personally can't "see" things in my mind. I can picture scenarios but even then it is only spliced together pictures of other memories and I cannot blend more than 2 or 3 things together.
For example if I was asked to picture an apple on a table, I would only be able to see the table at my house with an apple I have from memory and even then the image is fuzzy to a legally blind point.
My theory is that if you have aphantasia it causes your brain to focus on details of events rather than the image that event created. This causes a lot of training at a young age to focus on details logic, leading to more INTJ's with aphantasia that the average person.
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Good evening,
I am a 40-year-old single adult (no children) with an established blue collar career, excellent credit and money saved for a down payment. I am eligible and pre-qualified to buy a small 1/1 to 2/1 SFR or Condo in Central California. I am currently living in a small apartment paying $1000/mo rent.
The average price of real estate around here has increased year over year and prices have not come down at all. The average priced small starter SFR currently goes for about $300k while small condo sells for about $240k. My mortgage would be about $1500 or more if I purchased now.
If bought now (or soon) I worry that I would be buying at the top end of the price curve. This would not leave much room for earning equity during the years I would live in it. I worry that in 10 years another buyer would not come behind me and buy my place for more money.
To my way of thinking, I like the idea of waiting and getting a deal with the certainty of lower prices in the future. But the future is uncertain and buying at the top of a market makes me nervous as hell especially because a recession is expected soon which should put downward pressure on real estate prices.
Am I smart to hold off? If so, how long should I wait? If buying now is the smarter option, please explain why.
Thanks in advance for the responses.

I have a local shop I go to once a week but I cant always commit to physical games and leaving the house to play but im hooked and just want to play more. Im a social gamer and its hard to play online/live for hours straight with no one to banter with or talk to while playing against.
Is there a good discord where people actually hangout and play consistently? I am in the TrickyGym discord but havent tried asking in there yet.
Thanks all!

I so desperately want to move out of the us. However I honestly don’t know where is better. I own a house in the Great Lakes region. Housing is affordable and my family is here. I feel like it’s a great place to be as we watch climate change get inevitabley worse, but I hate the culture here. I hate the hussle culture I hate how our food is pumped with shit, and I hate how depressed/polorized/violent everyone is. I just feel like moving out of the US is the best for me but I don’t know where would be better to go?

I adopted an older cat off the street. She's borderline feral and has only made so much progress. I'm the only person she trusts, I suspect there was abuse. Whatever...
I need to get her to a vet. I moved fairly recently. Even after removing all the furniture in my house it took me and 2 friends in full motorcycle gear (jackets, helmets, gloves [that still got pierced]) to get her into a carrier. And then it took her another month to come out of her shell again and she still hides when people come over.
It's challenging, she's a challenging girl but I love her. And the challenge aside she's very sweet, but only with me. I'm the only person she'll ever get close to.
I'd ask about gaba but I'm not sure it'd be strong enough for me to guarantee I can pick her up without her running or fighting me. She does not like getting picked up, which negates getting her into a carrier.
I want to get her to a vet. Only for a checkup. I want her taken care of. But she's a sweet feral cat that has adapted to living with me. If there was a quick acting sedative I could give her as a treat, as long as it was strong enough she wouldn't wake up in a tornado, maybe it'd work. She'll get into a position that I could probably restrain her long enough to wrap her in a towel for an injection, maybe I'd do that but honestly I don't want to betray the little trust I've literally spent 2 years earning.
What the hell do I do?
Edit to add: she uses her litterbox and insists on playing all day and wants pets.. when she's not a demon she's an ideal cat so it's not a "she doesn't know you" thing.

I'm looking to buy my first house and am wondering what route I should go for my mortgage. My credit score is around 770 and between my wife and I, we have a combined income of $140k.
Are there reputable online lenders that typically offer lower rates than the major lenders or local lenders? Credit unions vs banks?
I just don't really know where to start when checking out different options so I could use some advice on this
Thanks in advance

Hello all, I live in Washington State and live in a fairly popular city (not Seattle) and I recently got a new job where I’ll be making $60k gross (~ $48,000 after taxes). My rent is $1200/month and the car I’m looking at will put me at monthly payments of $548 for six years. Is this a good idea to purchase or no?

I’m new to this subreddit, and I’m hoping I can get some suggestions and advice here. As the title says, I’m pretty sure my dad has severe ADHD, but he was never diagnosed. Oftentimes, when I talked to him, I can tell he isn’t paying attention, but won’t admit it until I ask him a question regarding what I just said. He regularly pays bills late. He has a horrible mess in his house at all times. The only times I see him cleaning, he does it as if he was in a tremendous hurry. The most noticeable symptom is that he always acts as if he’s in a hurry. Like someone is rushing him. It seems exhausting, and all of these symptoms combined have caused major problems for him throughout his life (or at least since I became aware of them). Everyone thinks he has ADHD, but whenever I try to talk to him about it, he laughs it off, and then immediately changes the subject. He refuses to admit he has a problem, and won’t even engage with the idea of getting medical help. I feel horrible because I see how difficult it makes things for him, but I can’t force him to do anything about it. Does anyone on here have some suggestions or ideas for ways I can help him?

Hello Everyone
So, I'm in a lot of financial trouble right now. I lost my father a few days ago and had to sent money home for expenses of my family and other funeral related costs.
I have enough money left over to just barely cover rent and not much else. I need a job where I can work for longer hours and good pay.
To preface, I am an international student so I can work 20hrs/week on SIN and rest on Cash basis. Yes, I do know that's bad but I've never done it before and only doing it now because it's literally to Survive.
I can do anything security, moving, anything.
I am also in the process of finishing my bachelors degree in business and very well versed with computer systems and administrative tasks in which I have 2 years of experience but those jobs are hard to come by so I'll take anything to make some money.
Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
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