Blog + Online Store

Here is another model that uses a click store complemented by a blog.

The rationale is simple.  The blog site focuses on content that supports the e-commerce site.  Blogs are good in the sense that they offer an opportunity for great SEO- relevant content will drive traffic to the site and this will of course help the online store.

The main difference in these two sites is again the shopping cart feature as well as the membership account feature in the online store.

The online store for this doggie-oriented site: http://www.poshpuppyboutique.com/

The blog that supports the online store- http://poshpuppyboutique.blogspot.com/

I have come across of pet-boutiques like this one, so this is another big thing in the US.

TYPES of E-commerce sites

In doing this project, I have come across a number of different types of online commerce sites.  Here is a listing of these sites.  There are probably some others, like Etsy, but I will have to figure out how to categorize them before listing them here.

EC site/Dotcom
EC site + brick store
EC site + blog
Blog only (non-EC)
Blogshop
Blogshop + brick store
Blogshop + blog
C2C auction store
C2C auction site + EC site
C2C auction store + brick store
C2C auction store + blogshop
Facebook store
Facebook store + EC site
Facebook store + blogshop
Facebook store + brick store

This means blogshops are just one type of Internet outlets that can be used for e-commerce.  As the Web evolves, new ones emerge, as can be seen by the rising popularity of Facebook stores.

How are all these different from each other?  I would need to write up some attributes of each so that we can see the distinguishing features, so that their respective uses and relevance in different contexts can be established.  This will enable an better understanding of why so many types of retail outlets exists and why different ones are popular or embraced in different contexts.