GNVQ Advanced IT Unit 4 - Lab 5 

To assist you in this exercise there are a wide range of links available on this website.  Try- travel, entertainment, books & publishers, business, on-line-shopping, supermarkets, shopping malls, electrical, insurance, finance, computer stores, business studies  many other services are now on-line and can be found by either advertised in papers/magazines or by using a search engine.

Task1: Identify a number of sites that are currently using the web for commercial transactions and consider the suitability of their method of trading.  Consider what would be required to set up the trading operation in readiness for your end assignment.

When accessing sites remember to log them in your communications log.

Task 2:  A local garden centre in Birstall is setting up a very interactive site using video features for Internet shopping.  Browse this site and comment on  the layout.  What do you think are the advantages / disadvantages of this type of trading.  ( url - http://www.birstall.co.uk/)

Complete your page by March 2000