Digital CommerceOtherwise Known as

“E-Commerce”

The History of Shopping

•Trading of Goods

The History of Shopping

• Selling Items for Money

The History of Shopping

• Buying Through Online Resources

Name the Top Two Sellers Online

•Ebay

•Amazon

Who was the first online retailer?

• Pair up or work individually to research your answer on your smart phone or computer.

• Write your answer on the board.

• Answer: Pizza Hut was the first online retailer. The company began a test phase of this system in Santa Cruz, California in 1994.

Top 10 Most Purchased Items Online

1. Travel Tickets: 54% 2. Holidays: 42% 3. Books: 40% 4. Concert/Theatre/Festival tickets: 38% 5. Clothes: 33% 6. Electrical Goods: 33% 7. CDs: 23% 8. Cinema tickets: 23% 9. DVDs: 21% 10.Music Downloads: 19%

all-rankings.com

Get with a partner and discuss the following

question:

•Name some websites that you use when buying items online

•Do you feel your information is safe on this site?

Get with a partner and imagine you are one of the following types of people:

•A computer hacker

•A thief

•A predator

•Write down your answers and discuss them with the class when you are finished.

Remember, you are a computer hacker, a thief,

or a predator….

What type of information would you want to steal from an E-Commerce website? Why?

Discuss the following information with your

partner•How can you prevent yourself from becoming

a victim?

Now it’s Time to Play a Game

• Click on the following links to play games online. You may play together as a class or individually.

• http://www.onguardonline.gov/games/online-lineup.aspx

• http://www.onguardonline.gov/games/phishing-scams.aspx

• Feel free to play other games on the site, also.

End of Digital Commerce Lesson