Report on the Feasibility Study of E-Commerce Website Development for the Cooperative Store at College of Science and Technology

New emerging technology has led to astounding inventions. One such invention on trend is online shopping which is a type of ecommerce technology. This innovation dates to 1991 after the first server and browser, World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990, was opened for commercial use. Then started many online shopping sites typically Amazon, eBay and Alibaba. This has influenced many customers to shop online thus, leaving the mundane way of visiting a store. Most importantly, it is much needed for the cooperative store and college to start having an independent e-commerce site so that everyone can adapt the trending technology. The main goal of this paper is to study the feasibility of developing e-commerce web portal for the college store. It only discusses how the hectic man work can be reduced and eased with the upcoming online service. It highlights the significance of popular ecommerce technology in reducing the human effort in shopping stores. To determine the attainability, online survey is carried out by circulating through college email service.107 people responded to the survey questionnaires of which majority are the students and few college staffs. The data collected is analyzed and the result shows a need for a website for the store which also facilitates online shopping. This paper clearly elaborates how an e-commerce web portal can be beneficial to everyone residing in college.