The Impact of Networking and E-commerce on Shopee's Business

This report examines the relationship between e-commerce and networking, focusing on the online shopping platform Shopee. It explores how e-commerce, defined as the buying and selling of goods and services via the internet, has become crucial due to technological advancements. The report identifies various e-commerce application categories used by Shopee, including B2B, B2C, C2C, C2B, and B2A models, and explains how networking and e-commerce influence Shopee's business success through internet marketing, advertising, product surveys, online selling, and customer relationship building. Furthermore, it delves into the applications of networking and e-commerce within Shopee's business strategy, differentiating between pure network applications like email programs and FTP, and standalone applications, and highlighting their importance in data management, communication, and customer service. The report concludes by emphasizing the benefits of implementing these technologies in the e-commerce business, particularly for companies like Shopee operating in the competitive Southeast Asian and Taiwanese markets.

Network Applications in
E Commerce

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
1.1 Explain how relationship between e- commerce and networking take place.......................3
1.2 Identify the category of e-commerce application that is/are used by Shopee.......................4
1.3 How the networking and e-commerce influence the success in Shopee business? Justify
your answer in detail manner .....................................................................................................5
1.4 The applications of networking and e-commerce that are used in their business strategy...7
1.5 The costs and benefits of implementation of networking and e-commerce application in
their business...............................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
E-commerce is also known as the electronic media or internet commerce which refers to
the buying and selling of goods and services using the internet (Barenji 2019). On the other
words E-commerce is the process of selling goods online to the final consumer. Since the e-
commerce have become important in the recent years due to advancement in the technology as
well as in internet. This report is based on Shopee which is the leading online shopping platform
in South east Asia and in Taiwan. The company offers convenient and seamless shopping to the
users that are looking to shop anytime at place of time. This report briefly covers importance of
e- commerce and networking. Along with this there are different kinds of e commerce
application which are uses by Shopee. Beside this nowadays most of the business use the
application of networking in the business strategy. At last this covers the importance of cost
benefits in the e-commerce business.
1.1 Explain how relationship between e- commerce and networking take place
The e-commerce have become more popular and it is directly or indirectly related to the
buying and selling of the product, service and information through internet. E- commerce is
known as the new technology which include all the aspect of trading, commercial market
development, ordering supply chain management and the transfer of the money. The e-commerce
market in Taiwan is growing rapidly, especially in recent in ten years. With the help of
networking the and advance technology the market have grown rapidly which is useful for e-
commerce to get the platform for selling the product and services to the customers. The
networking enables to B2B to develop the activities in a well define manner.
For the organisation like Shopee the management can use the internet for taking the
feedback and developing the new product as per the satisfaction level of the consumer. Now days
organisation is using telephone, fax, electronic mail as this have become possible due to internet.
The ease of doing business have been changed in the past years and e0- commerce giant like
Shopee, amazon and eBay are expanding their business to the larger audience. Networking and
e-commerce work hand in hand and marked it presence in the world of technology. Hence
business require both internet and e-commerce as they both deal with the online transaction.
In the context of Shopee firm must use different kinds of the internet platform for running
successful in the business organisation. Now a days there are million of access and use of
internet as they help in selling the product effectively. Today consumer have become more

versatile and demand changes as per the mood. So Shopee have various option through which
customers can purchase product with click of a button. This kind model have become successful
due to the networking. The internet have build the platform that enabled the business to cash in
the huge population with the immersing new technology. Physical market have been replaced
with the virtual market and E commerce have taken palace as it provide the best possible service
in the customers with the wide variety of product.
1.2 Identify the category of e-commerce application that is/are used by Shopee
Classifying the E- commerce business can be tricky and it is important to ascertain the
basic purpose of the business as it help them to segregate them into the categories (Dashti 2019).
This help organisation to maintain the process as well as ensure about the timely delivery the
product and services. For the organisation like Shopee it is important to make effective decision
for fulfilling the needs of the customers. Shopee sells different product such as physical goods
like books, gadgets, furniture and appliances. Along with this , they sell e book, music, text
image and video. Here are some categories which are used in E- commerce business are
explained down below:
Business to Business (B2B): Both the participants are business and the volume of the
this kind of industry can be vast. This kind of business model is usually done in manufacturing
industry and they usually do the business with the organisation. This kind of business model
mainly to do not offer the services to the consumers. On the other hand B2B refers to all the
electronic transaction of goods and services and their sale take place between two companies.
Business to consumers(B2C) : This is the kind of model which is used by most e-
commerce and sell product directly to the consumer. For this kind of business the organisation
sell their product directly to the consumers and there are no middle man requires. The Shopee
use B2B business model which help organisation to keep their price to minimum. Most of the
people enjoy this kind of e-commerce model as it allow them to shop at the best price. The e-
commerce category also enable the business to develop the major personalized relationship with
their customers.
Consumer to consumer(C2C): This level of e- commerce encompasses all the
electronic transaction which take place between consumer. Mainly this kind of transaction are
provided by the online service such as PayPal and MasterCard. This Shopee also provide all the

all the online paying services to the consumer as they try to provide satisfactory services to the
consumer.
Consumer to Business (C2B) : This is the kind of category in which most of the E-
commerce allow consumer make their services or product available for companies to purchase.
In this method the company provide a platform where consumer can place the requirements and
different companies bid for wining the project.
Business to administration(B2A): The term administration which is related to the public
where where administration or government entities provide services to the consumers. Various
organisation depend upon the e- services to sell their product in one form or another. In the
context the Shopee uses this category to deliver the services to the respective organisation as to
gain larger market share.
1.3 How the networking and e-commerce influence the success in Shopee business? Justify your
answer in detail manner
Networking and E- commerce have influence the success of the business as internet have
made easier for the business to reach much wider audience with providing services at the cheaper
rate as per the traditional marketing method. The internet have change the face of business such
as marketing, selling, and purchase of the product and services in a well define manner. The
internet act as tool for online company like Shopee internet plays an vital role for conducting the
business activities as well as providing satisfactory services to the consumer.
E-commerce facilitate with the platform where customers gets the services by just
clicking on the mobile phone and also help in choose from the wide variety from the product as
per the requirement. Now organisation like Shopee, management investing more on the digital
marketing, business automation, remote hiring and e-commerce. Here are some method where
networking help in the success of Shopee in a detail manner.
Internet marketing and advertising: The internet plays an vital role in advertisement as
well as marketing the product to the respective customers. The internet is known as the global
platform which which provide chance for the business and organisation like Shopee to perform
the activities in well define manner. The internet provide organisation to grab the attention of the
larger audience and company are using promotional tools such Google, Facebook, and YouTube
which help in selling the product to the larger communities.

Networking help in assessing product survey and testing: Business research is really
important to get the information regarding the consumer and help in developing the goodwill in
the market. Internet help organisation like Shopee to analyse the data in order to create better and
effective product for the end user. Along with this is provide marketing plan before launching the
new services for the customers and reduce the failure which help in making business successful.
Internet provide platform to sell product online: Selling online is the biggest
advancement for the Shopee. And it is consider as one of the most essentials platform and
consider as the future trend of the business. The cost of setting up business and e-commerce
website are less expensive and for Shopee. Selling online product are more easy as well as
convenience for the customers rather than going outside for shopping. As this traditional way of
shopping is the time consuming process and take is consider as inconvenience for the customers
nowadays.
Networking help in building customer relations: Relationship with the customer help
Shopee to create a loyal customer in the future. E-commerce platform help in connecting with
the people effectively and also help in developing the strong network. Shopee is communicating
with the customers with the help of customers and try to fulfil the demand of the customer in the
well define manner. The organisation being successful by taking advantage of social media
marketing which help in promoting their business in a well define manner.
1.4 The applications of networking and e-commerce that are used in their business strategy
The network is the collection or the set of computing devices which are connected to the
one another to establish the communication and share the available resources. A networking is
comprise of software and hardware devices which help in developing the more loyal customers.
Along with this it help in transferring the information from one place to another without wasting
the time. The network software application which are used by the help of internet to offer the
services to the consumer. There are two types of network application which are used in business
strategies are described below:
Pure network application:
These are the application which are crated to be used in network using the pure network
for connecting with the customers. Such application have separate and distinct user interface
which allow people to send or interact with the customers. In the context of Shopee the

organisation uses pure application network system to connect and offer the services to the
consumers. Hence this kind of network include in pure network system are explained below:
Email programs: This are the application which are used by the Shopee for sending the
message to the employees as well as customers (Golwalkar 2019). This is consider as the fast
and the easy way to send the mail effectively. There are various kind of email software such as
fox mail, Opera and email. All these application provide ease for the company to communicate
with employees as well as customers and also can take feedback from the customer without
wasting time. Now a days it has become important for the organisation to have software as they
are the formal part of communicating with the customers.
File transfer protocol (FTP): This is the kind of application which help to transfer the
file or essential data from one computer to another. In the case of Shopee the company transfer
all the crucial information with the assistance of FTP . This help organisation to keep all the
record of shopping done by the consumer at the safe line. Hence this is important for
organisation to check and maintain the data for future purpose as it help in understanding the
buying behaviours of the customers.
Stand alone application:
They are the networking process which are used to rebuild and run on the network
environment. This are the type of application which are installed in each of the client system.
This kind of system are used by the online giant like Shopee as they are the organisation who
operate their business activities based upon the networking. Company uses this kind of system as
they help in storing the data which is useful in developing the better plan in future and help in
providing quality services to the consumers.
1.5 The costs and benefits of implementation of networking and e-commerce application in their
business
Internet and networking have changed the way of doing business and become essential
part of day to day activities. This help in more productivity at work and bring out the quality
performance. Online companies are totally depend upon the internet as it is consider as the
business model for the company. Along with this networking help organisation to find out the
new resources through they can provide better services to the consumer. Here are the cost and
benefits of the organisation which are explained down below in a detail manner:
Cost of implementing the network system:

This consider as one of the most expensive task to implement the networking system as it
require high cable and other hardware which are costly. Beside this they require lots of
maintenance which increases the cost for the company(Javid 2019). Along with this , it require
the team of expert to make sure that all the activities are running smoothly . All this require huge
time and funds for maintaining the networking for the online giant Shopee. There are more threat
occur due the increase of internet such as hacking and security threat. This can cost to Shopee at
a wider scale. In order to minimize the threat this company can spend lost of spending in order to
save the data of the consumer.
Some time there can be bandwidth issue which have to be look after by the organisation
as it may increase the costing for the company. Sometimes network break down causing million
of loses for the company so in this case Shopee must use quality network system as which help
in reducing the cause of failure for the company. So to maintain the network and its activities it
is a costly process for the company.
Benefits of networking:
Easy communication and speed: This is known as the easy method to communicate
with the customer to communicate with the customers. With this Shopee employees can easily
contact with the customers and can take feedback for making changes to provide better services
to the consumer.
Security: This help in providing security to the consumer for their shopping . The
organisation provide better security system which help consumer to secure their data while doing
online shopping on the website of Shopee.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it has been concluded that networking application are
important in creating customer base. Along with this networking and e- commerce plays an vital
role in maintaining the demand of the customers in a well define manner. There are different
categories such as B2B and B2C which is used by the organisation to perform their operation
activity effectively. On other hand it has been concluded that networking is the costly process
and it is hard to maintain and smooth functioning of the organisation. Therefore online business
is the future and it has the vast scope in future.

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