How do they match: Online Merchants

  • Collaborate with search engine shopping specialists to place marketing content in desired online locations.
  • Implement security practices to preserve assets, minimize liabilities, or ensure customer privacy, using parallel servers, hardware redundancy, fail-safe technology, information encryption, or firewalls.
  • Measure and analyze Web site usage data to maximize search engine returns or refine customer interfaces.
  • Participate in online forums or conferences to stay abreast of online retailing trends, techniques, or security threats.
  • Prepare or organize online storefront marketing material, including product descriptions or subject lines, optimizing content to search engine criteria.
  • Select and purchase technical web services, such as web hosting services, online merchant accounts, shopping cart software, payment gateway software, or spyware.
  • Transfer digital media, such as music, video, or software, to customers via the Internet.
  • Upload digital media, such as photos, video, or scanned images to online storefront, auction sites, or other shopping Web sites.