How do they match: Online Merchants

  • E-Commerce Business Analyst
  • E-Commerce Business Channel Specialist
  • Online Services Manager

  • Conduct retail activities of businesses operating exclusively online. May perform duties such as preparing business strategies, buying merchandise, managing inventory, implementing marketing activities, fulfilling and shipping online orders, and balancing financial records.

  • Create or distribute offline promotional material, such as brochures, pamphlets, business cards, stationary, or signage.
  • Develop or revise business plans for online business, emphasizing factors such as product line, pricing, inventory, or marketing strategy.
  • Implement security practices to preserve assets, minimize liabilities, or ensure customer privacy, using parallel servers, hardware redundancy, fail-safe technology, information encryption, or firewalls.
  • Receive and process payments from customers, using electronic transaction services.
  • Select and purchase technical web services, such as web hosting services, online merchant accounts, shopping cart software, payment gateway software, or spyware.

  • Analyze business or financial data.
  • Collect payments for goods or services.
  • Determine the value of goods or services.
  • Develop business or financial information systems.
  • Develop business or market strategies.
  • Develop financial or business plans.
  • Identify strategic business investment opportunities.
  • Market products, services, or events.
  • Obtain information about goods or services.
  • Purchase products or services.