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E-LIBRARY. Electronic library.

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by: Hanan AlQahtani. #150033068

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CONTENTS:

introduction………………………………………..3 Product and type of business……………….4 Business statements ……………………………4 Business Vision……………………………………4 Business objective………………………………..5 Explaining the business process……………6 Applying SWAT analysis………………………7 Building the E-commerce website………. 8 System functionality……………………………9 System design…………………………………….11 Suitable software……………………………….12 Type of hardware……………………………….13 Type of security………………………………….13 Potential threats………………………………..14 Recommendations………………………….….15 Reference……………………………………………16

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INTRODUCTION

Today the world have seen an increased number of internet

users and that reflect huge purchase power of people in Saudi

Arabia particularly . An Electronic Library , imagine that in

your home just a click by your finger can help you to acquire

books you wanted for a while. So basically this Library aid

students and others to find any type of books, also possibility of

unique books that the traditional store books does not sell, in our

library you can see flexibility for instance you can either buy the

product or borrow it for some time it’s your choice. also we have

made it available for clients and customers to resell their

own old books so everyone is being beneficial to one another.

The shipment takes almost one week for the unique books and 2

days for the ordinary books. The main reason why we start our

business which is the Electronic library is to serve students in the

first place especially those at university because most of their

text books are in the united states or europe which means that

it’s hard to get and the other sites who provide these books takes

long process and weeks and some of these sites does not ship to

the middle east or saudi arabia, not to mention the high prices

for science text books. so we decided to do a business that may

help the students in the first place because we know the

struggle, i was a student once and i struggled to get text books.

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PRODUCT AND TYPE OF BUSINESS

Our library contains many types of books, science , texts, novels,

kids, cooking, poetry, historical books. Despite the fact that we

serve so many variety of interests we’ve choose the most

convenient way , our business is basically through the internet

you can order from your laptop or download our app it is

available in smartphones, supported with a good shape interface

and easy to find.

BUSINESS STATEMENT:

We pursue excellence in our job. Building consumer trust is

important in our business. guided by ethics. we take

responsibility of any mistakes from us.

BUSINESS VISION:

The vision of this business is to build an intellectual and

motivate critical-thinkers in our society. This’s our concern in

the first place. enlighten country is what we pursue for.

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BUSINESS OBJECTIVES:

Consumer services is what we try hard to reach, the customer’s

satisfaction is huge concern for us. a happy customer is our

initial objective of our business.

Growth we keep expand our work to become international rather

than domestic “Growth is planned based on historical data and

future projections. Growth requires the careful use of company

resources such as finances and personnel, according to Tim

Berry, writing on the "Entrepreneur" website.” an article from

http: // smallbusiness.chron.com

Competitive power, being the head of rivals is what we seek for.

competitors could be a threat of any business in the market.

Payment options is an important objective, by providing options

when it comes to payment this will attract customers most likely

the payment process in online transactions are only through

credit cards although we provide a secure online payment

methods but there still some clients who prefer cash.

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EXPLAIN THE BUSINESS PROCESS:

First consumer uses the web browser to find our website then

he’ll see various numbers of books and by a click the consumer

surf complete catalog of the product afterwards the consumer

pays via credit cards or cash and he have to mention the

shipping address. When employee receives the order he check

the payments and sends goods to logistics however the products

can be sent through cash on delivery method if person is not

comfortable with credit cards method. And last, we do provide

recovery if the customer did not like the book within a period of

time 5 days from its purchasing date.

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APPLYING SWOT ANALYSIS :

Strengths Weaknesses

1- We have a good reputation

in the market, especially

among E-commerce

businesses

2- we have maintained our

capital, and our financial

position is excellent.

3- we do not have any debts or

obligations.

1- Lack of experience and export

employees

2- an absence of marketing

strategies and tools

3- lack of interaction between

customer and employee since the

whole interaction process are

through internet.

Opportunities Threats

1- Fast growing in our field

which is e-commerce business

leading to many opportunities

2- vast number of people who

use the internet in daily way

1- Competition, a competitor can

cut the life of the business

2-attempts hacks via hackers, as

you know the Electronic library is

based on data storage in the

internet.

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BUILDING THE E-COMMERCE WEBSITE:

Since human nature loves to see beautiful things this apply to websites

too. An attractive interface will always play important role but this is not

enough we must show them that we are trustworthy and our loyalty.

At first when you open the website you may see on the top right two icons

that illustrate sign up and sign in , choose the sign in if you already have

ordered before and if not choose sign up it’ll open another page with

personal information that you have to fill in blanks. On the top left, there

will be a rectangle shape for search tool, it helps customers to get their

books rapidly. In the middle there will be so many books ranked and

organized in ease order you may pick: science , texts, novels, kids,

cooking, poetry, historical books. As you roll the screen down you may

see our best selling books with a variation of its types. Finally the payment

methods and delivery, if you have chosen your book and read a brief of it,

you move now for the next process which is the payment methods it will

appear in blue box and the customer have to select one methods either via

credit card or on cash delivery and fill the needed information.

afterwards, if you accomplished your payment process a delivery A box

will emerge in your screen, first choose your country and city we only

serve Saudi Arabia and the gulf then you must fill your saudi post

information also mention the nearest post to you. also in the same box

there will be address info that have to be filled. in the end, you’ll be sent a

notification about your shipment description , how many days it takes?

your total cash with delivery fee? what date should the shipment arrived?

If you roll the screen downward you’ll see a space available for

suggestions and complaints. consumers may fill it if they wish.

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SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY

Products menu:

The books are arranged in groups and these groups are split on

several categories each label has the same kind and

characteristics , each label has its page thus, the consumer can

reach what he want with ease of use. also we have provide to our

clients some new techniques one of them is, the customer now

can switch and move between all categories easily by minimizing

the pages therefore he can get a full picture of what he wants on

so many levels.

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Contact buttons: These buttons are important to promote and spread the business on

social media networks and reach vast number of people since

everyone has at least one account in all social media applications

these days. By support your website with these buttons , you might

extend your reach in other way.

So for instance, twitter button can be helpful on so many ways, it can

generate a huge number of followers also it is an opportunity for

visitors to know you and what you provide.

But the main reason why we’ve chosen twitter, because it has a

feature which encourage users to tweet and express their feeling in

certain hashtags about your product that you are promoting, it

could be for some events happening or some campaigns. thereby

users can explain their experience with the product. Also it is a way

to communicate and to know client’s needs and demands through

social media. As well as the other social media applications.

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SYSTEM DESIGN:

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SUITABLE SOFTWARE

Type of functionality needed in website:

“NoSQL database is one of the most commonly used techniques in e-

commerce sites. NoSQL provides great flexibility to schema design, which

works pretty well when there're many different related models. So as our

business in books field. A product has category book and tons of attributes

like author, publish date, version, the number of pages etc. and a SQL

table may have 20 columns. As you can imagine, with more categories

introduced, the Product table can have tons of columns.”

website: www.quora.come

So NoSQL can hold a lots of columns. one row may contain a huge

number of columns.

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Type of hardware needed: Our hardware is on cloud storage since cloud provide a high security and

protection for sensitive information also it is the most safe and effective

option to be chosen. so by using cloud to store and save files or

documents, there won’t be large costs associated with

maintaining them on the server’s site.

lack management of files and documents as well as

information is the most convenient reason why we choose

cloud storage. also the flexibility in terms of accessibility, it

can be through mobiles, laptops..etc. when it comes to storage

capacity you can select your storage needs thus we will use as

we need without surplus so this is benefit we can take

advantage of.

TYPE OF SECURITY:

We protect our website through “CloudFlare” it is a tool of protection

against any upcoming theft, hackers, crackers, and malicious attacks, for

example SQL injections which can shut down the entire system. so

basically the CloudFlare has a very special detectors that can indicate the

attacks and immediately notify you what happened. it also assess visitors

for legitimacy and authenticity.

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POTENTIAL THREATS TO YOUR WEBSITE:

The SQL Injection, this kind works by inserting into the site,

therefore it can manipulate your database system by

gaining accessibility to super sensitive information, or erasing your

database entirely.

As well as the Denial of Service, it is an effective way to slow the

operation of the system. it can be done by sending requests for info.

Also hackers, we have to take caution and complete awareness of

their movements and motivations since their motivator is either by

attempting theft or by joy, although the harm is not only on the

website and its providers, also clients are included in this harmful

process, due to the confidential information gathered and contained

by the site. So in our site we consider this issue by taking a high

protection methods as i explained earlier.

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RECOMMENDATIONS:

Here is some of my simple recommendation that i use them to secure my

website:

1- run a regular checking of your network

2- do not forget to secure your PC

3- view your website system and get rid of any suspicious documents.

4- use proxy to filter and clean your system of any malicious file requests.

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REFERENCE:

website: www.quora.come an article from http: // smallbusiness.chron.com