Passport21 to Entrepreneurship

Building a Contracting Business

Lab: 7.3.2.5 Research Types of e-Business

Objectives
 Find websites for particular types of e-Businesses.
 Answer questions about e-Business.

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Step 1: Use the Internet to find a business that has both stores and a website where you can
buy physical products (i.e. books, clothing, and furniture, etc.).
a. What is the name of the store?

b. What does it sell?

c. What is the URL of the website?

d. What ways does the online store accept payment?

e. What ways does the online store customer receive the product?

Step 2: Find a business that has a website, but no physical store where you can buy physical
products (i.e. books, clothing, and furniture, etc.).
a. What is the URL of the website?

b. What does it sell?

c. What ways does the online store accept payment?

d. What ways does the online store customer receive the product?

Step 3: Find a business that provides a service through a website. (I.e. tax preparation, travel
agency, etc.).
a. What is the URL of the website?

b. What does it sell?

c. What ways does the customer receive the product?

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Step 4: Find a business that provides information or content through a website. (i.e. weather
information, news, sports etc.).
a. What is the URL of the website?

b. What information or content does it provide?

c. What ways does the customer receive the product?

d. How does the website make money?

Step 5: Present research to class. Discuss other ways to use broadband to create or expand e-
Businesses.

Step 6: Reflection questions.

a. Do you or your family use the Internet to purchase products and/or services?

b. Would you purchase products and/or services from the companies you researched if those
companies did not have a website?

c. What other ways do you use e-business websites besides purchasing goods and services?

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