E-Marketplaces Marketspace components front end The portion of an e-seller's business processes through which customers interact, including the sellers portal, electronic catalogs, a shopping cart, a search engine, and a payment gateway back end The activities that support online order-taking. It includes fulfillment, inventory management purchasing from suppliers, payment processing packaging, and delivery Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 8 E-Marketplaces • Marketspace components front end The portion of an e-seller’s business processes through which customers interact, including the seller’s portal, electronic catalogs, a shopping cart, a search engine, and a payment gateway back end The activities that support online order-taking. It includes fulfillment, inventory management, purchasing from suppliers, payment processing, packaging, and delivery