E-Commerce start up

[Threnody]

Hi

I've just been bought into a project that is already in motion - to start an ecommerce section on my companies corporate website. They've already bought the software - Intershop 4, and have decided to house it inhouse.

Problem is, we don't have an IT team (other than me - and I'm only a web producer), and I"m not sure what hidden things I should be aware of.

Any comments/help would be most appreciated.

Cheers
Threnody

 

[mbdw6708]

Don't really have too much advice but depending on the size of the site you could really have your hands full.
dave

http://www.supplychaintoday.com

 

[jza]

My experience about hosting web applications is that it takes your time, and that problems normaly comes after 23 ;-). If you HAVE decided to host the system yourself, I'd suggest that you read the supplier contract very thoroughly, so you know what you can expect from your supplier when it comes to support. Next you should talk expectations with your management.

The best advice I can give is to use a hosted system (e.g.

http://www.ebit.dk).

 

[Ahmed66]

I agree with JZA The best advice anyone can give is to use a hosted system! Hosting your own site will most definately present a person with your 'directed' expertise a multitude of sins!
Good Luck

 

[Repec]

The first step to any E-Comm development or hosting question should be to ask "Who is the customer?" You will want to research who your customer is and how many of them there are. You will want to find a few of these people who you can use as test subjects to test your system out before making it live. If you need more help check out

http://www.inetsolution.com

...

Eric

Eric Repec
eric@ericrepec.com

http://www.ericrepec.com

If its not broke try it make it faster.....

 

[sliifoxx]

Do not discount the importance/value of a low-end monitoring software when your planning out your strategy. Be sure to include this since it will reflect on your knowledge...you must consider a monitoring solution, even a basic one to help you manage this site, considering you have no IT team to speak of...check out the entry-level product ProactiveWeb from proactivenet.com, good luck.