E-Commerce Summary:

An E-Commerce website is a specialized Web Application which deals mostly with processing online orders and payments. E-Commerce websites generally have a database backend which is run by a server-side scripting language (PHP, ASP, CGI) and process credit card payments through a Merchant Bank Account and a licensed form of secure transaction (Verisign, Truste). Usually most of a companies business volume is conducted online on their website. Examples include Amazon.com and Ebay.

Typical Team Size: 20-100 people
Average Maintenance Cost: Varies, but expensive
Average Development Cost: Varies, but expensive
Programming Languages Commonly Used:

• ASP.NET (VB or C#)
• PHP
• CGI
• Cold Fusion
• XHTML
• Javascript

Databases Commonly Used:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Enterprise Edition)

Webhost Operating Systems:

• Windows 2000/2003 Server (With IIS 6.0)

The webhost is usually a large cluster of computers with web-traffic load distribution in a temperature controlled room. It is highly dependent on volume of traffic and amount of data.