E-services – A way in to e-business
Why not benefit from services that others have already set up on an Internet platform? You can use them to support your own business activities without having to buy and run your own expensive hardware and software solutions! The e-services on offer range from simple solutions to entire e-shop businesses.
‹Swiss Post Solution: The e-commerce all-round solution from Swiss Post ›
Swiss Post offers an e-commerce all-round solution. The company creates and operates an online shop for the customer and also handles the necessary marketing. In addition, Swiss Post also takes care of order processing – from storage, packaging and dispatch of merchandise to invoicing, payments and collections, as well as returns management and customer service.
‹E-bill: The electronic bill from PostFinance ›
E-bill for private bill recipients is a B2C service from PostFinance that enables customers to have bills sent out to them electronically ("digital payment orders") and then immediately pay them, also electronically. This only works if the company issuing the bill offers e-bill and the paying customer has a PostFinance account. The second Swiss provider of this kind of system, known as EBPP (electronic bill presentment and payment), is PayNet.
‹PayNet: Electronic billing›
In Switzerland, PayNet operates an EBPP (electronic bill presentment and payment) network for electronic billing. PayNet is the leading Swiss network for processing VAT-conformant electronic invoices between companies and their private or business customers. PayNet (Schweiz) AG is part of the SIX Group, which among other things operates the Swiss stock exchange.
‹E-payment: Payment solution for e-shops from PostFinance ›
The E-payment solution can be integrated into existing e-shops and supports the secure transmission and processing of customer and order data. It supports payments made using credit cards or PostFinance accounts, as well as invoice on delivery or cash on delivery.
E-commerce software, open source
Various software companies offer the basics to program and customise an e-shop. Users are allowed to change the programming code of open source programs to suit their individual needs. The leading provider of e-commerce software is Magento ‹http://www.magentocommerce.com/›.
‹LetMeShip: Internet price comparison and parcel tracking› (in German)
The LetMeShip website allows you to compare the costs for different delivery options. In addition, it offers a free tracking service on a number of parcel services ‹http://www.letmeship.com/bin/tracking›. By selecting the courier used (TNT, UPS, Deutsche Post, DHL, FedEx, Chronopost, Alpha) and entering the relevant parcel number, customers can check on the current location of their consignment.