Exercise #1 - Identifying Web Site Models

www.cisco.com     :  non E-Commerce, services guide
www.tacobell.com  :  non E-Commerce, information and advertising
www.coke.com      :  non E-Commerce, information and advertising (although they do have an online store for branding products)
www.hotbot.com    :  non E-Commerce, content attraction
www.etrade.com    :  E-Commerce, brokerage services
www.hotmail.com   :  non E-Commerce, content attraction


Exercise #2 - Make up a Company that needs Web site

Type of Company    : Webkinz Collector's Shop
Web Business Model : Narrow focus items



Exercise #3 - Create a Company Identity
 
Legal business entity : Sole Proprietor
Company Name          : Peginz Webkinz
Possible Web names    : peginzwebkinz.com



Exercise #4 - Compare Web Host Prices and Services

 0) What host provider did you evaluate?                  : Earthlink & Hostway
 1) How much does it cost to host the domain name only?   : $9.95/$7.95
 2) How much is account setup including the InterNic Fee? : $25.00
 3) What is the monthly cost to host a 50MB Web site?     : $19.95/month for 100GB
 4) How much more are email accounts?                     : 100/500 included
 5) Do they support secure pages? What is the cost?       : ?/included
 6) Do they support Real Audio/Video? How Much?           : ?/included
 7) Do they offer 24/7 toll free tech support?            : yes
 8) Which company offers the most features?               : Hostway
 9) Would both companies meet your needs?                 : yes
10) How hard was it to find the above information?        : easy



Exercise #5 - Check Your Company Web Names

Company Web Name : peginzwebkinz.com



Exercise #6 - Determine How To Submit Web Sites

Name #1  : www.altavista.com
Add URL  : http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=addurl

Name #2  : www.dmoz.org
Add URL  : http://www.dmoz.org/add.html

Name #3  : www.excite.com
Add URL  : http://lite.excite.com/

Name #4  : www.google.com
Add URL  : http://www.google.com/addurl/

Name #5  : www.webcrawler.com
Add URL  : https://ppc.adhere.marchex.com/ols/index.html?network=webcrawler

Name #6  : www.yahoo.com	
Add URL  : http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit




Exercise #7 - Bid Proposal
1) Main Page $500                 Qty = 1
2) Standard Pages $150            Qty = 6
3) Menu Pages $75                 Qty = 1
4) Clone Pages $75                Qty = 0
5) Form Pages $200                Qty = 1
6) Secure Form Pages $200         Qty = 0
7) Secure Transactions $300       Qty = 1
8) Shopping Cart Feature $1000    Qty = 1
9) Shopping Cart Items $25        Qty = 25
10) User Data Upload Feature $400 Qty = 
11) Total Bid = $3600


Exercise #8 - Project Presentation

Presentation Notes
1) The Company Name      : Peginz Webkinz
2) The Web site URL      : www.peginzwebkinz.com
3) Web site Purpose      : Sell collector's webkinz
4) The Revenue Model     : E-Commerce Narrow Focus Items
5) Web development costs : $3600


Homework - Compare Good and Bad Business Sites

Good Web Site #1 : www.gateway.com
Web Site Review  : Clean, easy to navigate, lots of E-commerce options, customization, security.


Good Web Site #2 : www.stuartrow.com
Web Site Review  : Beautiful, clean, organized, well laid out, ease of use, not overwhelming in terms of content, good use of technology.


Bad Web Site #1  : www.backtohealth.org
Web Site Review  : Boring, lack of content, including pertinent information such as hours, no idea of last update, I could go on forever:-)


Bad Web Site #2  : www.mousehousemedia.com
Web Site Review  : Colors tough to read after a while, no update shown, samples are all proposals or 2 years old, pricing structure page has been under construction for over a year!