Four easy steps to get started with the Commerce Server Feature Pack

re: Four easy steps to get started with the Commerce Server Feature Pack

adam — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT

actually i'm internal to MSFT but i have a question

Can you compare and contrast the Commerce server with the services offered by Amazon's web services, Ebay's Web Services and Pay Pal's web services e.g. what does using Commerce server get me that i don't get with less work through those companies.

Just a thought

re: Four easy steps to get started with the Commerce Server Feature Pack

Vinayak Tadas — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:06:00 GMT

Adam,
Amazon,Ebay etc are organizations which have written individual systems for their businees needs as well as web services which expose the underlying functionality of these systems. Building these systems inhouse involves investing in developement and testing costs.Commerce Server offers a rich and powerful platform for such organizations to build their e-commerce systems without having to invest heavily in development costs and instead focus on their core business priorities.Providing these underlying commerce server services as web services allows organizations to add value to their businesses and effectvely deal with partners, vendors, customers etc and provide a vast array of services (as you noted). For eg these web services can allow an organization to request catalogs from vendors, for customers to get pricing information about products etc.

re: Four easy steps to get started with the Commerce Server Feature Pack

Murugavel — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:40:00 GMT

hi,

I am asked to start with Commerce Server. Where do I start?

please give me the samples. I need samples to work with