Francois, Fouad, Joseph, Magaly & Melissa Amazon Vs Dx.com Francois, Fouad, Joseph, Magaly & Melissa

History, products/services, account, website, shipping & payment.

History Founded in 1994 Started as an online bookstore Goal: to offer more than 200,000 books Amazon started trading various goods and services after the success of the online bookstore Logotype: curved arrow leading from A to Z they carry every product from A to Z, with arrow shaped like a smile First partner:Toys R US

Products and Services Online trading of goods and services: - retail goods: books, DVDs, CDs, software, beauty products, groceries, health and personal care items, jewelry, sporting goods, toys, games,... - Consumer electronics: Amazon kindle (e-book reader/2007), Kindle fire (tablet/2012), Amazon Fire TV (2014) - Digital contents: Amazon MP3, e-book,application, AutoRip (music service). - Amazon games/ art/ Instant video/ computing service/ content production/ donations...

How to create an account Some functions require an account and password : buying a product, viewing the purchase history Name, email address, password

Website Reviews Ranking People also viewed/bought Content search Offers Third party sellers Track package

Shipping methods Items shipped with UPS, Fed Ex, USPS For large items: by ABF, CEVA, Home Direct, or Pilot. Future delivery method: Drones

Shipping costs The total shipping cost is calculated by adding the “per shipment” cost and the “per item” cost. The shipping costs depend on the country and the region. (Highest Applicable Per-Shipment Cost) + (All Per-Item Costs) = Total Shipping Fee

Payment methods Visa (including the Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card) Amazon.com Store Card MasterCard/EuroCard Discover Network American Express Diner's Club (U.S. billing addresses only) JCB NYCE STAR China UnionPay (credit card only) Visa, MasterCard, or American Express pre-paid credit or gift cards

History, products, account, shipping, prices & payment.

History Founded in 2006 and one of world’s largest online shopping center A very large variety of gadgets Strive to keep their prices lower than their competition Famous for diversity and free shipping

Products More than 40 Thousand different kinds of cool gadgets Lower price - cash in some really great savings Sorted in category, new arrivals and bestsellers Forum for customers

How to create an account To be able to buy from DX you must have an account Easy to set up (e-mail address, forum nickname, first and last name and password)

Shipping methods DX claims that their shipping is free and that they deliver throughout the world This is how it works: Step 1 Confirm payment 0-3 business days Step 2 Process order 1-3 business days Step 3 Package order 1-2 business days Step 4 Shipping Hong Kong warehouse Airmail 9-14 business days Hong Kong warehouse EMS 5-7 business days International warehouse 3-7 business days Total Hong Kong Airmail 11-22 business days Hong Kong EMS 7-14 business days International 5-15 business days

Prices Prices on DX.com are cheaper than the ones offered by Amazon (they have to) They have discounted products that are presented in the deals and clearance sections (along with hot deals)

Methods of payment American Express MasterCard Visa PayPal Webmoney

Paypal Web-based application Secure transfer of funds between member accounts. It doesn't cost the user anything to join PayPal or to send money through the service Peer to peer money transfer

WebMoney Global settlement system and environment for online business activities Established in 1998 Funds can be deposited to WebMoney accounts by: - money order - Wire transfer - conversion from other electronic currencies -using exchange offices and cash-in points

American Express Known as “AmEx” Diversified global financial services company Best known for: credit card 22nd most valuable brand in the world

Visa

Helps to protect consumers while using a credit card to make purchases Allows the consumer to not pay for a product or service for which the consumer has a complaint If products are not delivered or if it is not what the consumer requested, any amount of money that was credited to the card, that consumers are responsible for will be issued back Debit cards do not have the same protection