E-Business Case Studies

Who can tell you more about e-business than the small businesses who have had success doing it?

Here, we provide e-business/e-commerce case studies of BC-based small businesses that have successfully implemented different levels of e-business, from basic online marketing to fully functional e-commerce enabled websites.

E-Business Case Study: eBusiness Connection

Growing Our Online Presence.

eBusiness Connection has been up and running for a few years, and we have gone through the process of updating and expanding our online presence.  This e-business case study outlines the changes that we made, the new technologies that we adopted, and the online marketing improvements we have implemented to provide better service to  BC small businesses.

E-Business Case Study: Julia Pelish Photography

Does having a webpage/e-business give you an advantage over competitors in your industry? Is it possible to do online marketing yourself?

Julia Pelish is a great photographer who uses her website to display her portfolio and attract new clients to her small business. This e-business case study tells the story of how Julia, with no formal training, developed a top notch website for her business.

E-Commerce Case Study: MeetTutors.com

How do you get from a great small business idea to a great e-commerce webpage?

This is the e-commerce case study of how Jenny Yu, with no web development experience whatsoever, got her small business idea up and running as an e-commerce website. MeetTutors.com is now the best resource available for students to find tutors and vice versa in any discipline. Jenny also gives advice to other "dreamers" out there based on her own e-commerce experiences.

E-commerce Case Study: Anna's Incense

Incense Online? E-Commerce Success Never Smelled so Sweet!

Don't think that people would buy incense online? Think again e-commerce skeptics! Despite being told numerous times that e-commerce and incense don't mix -- people couldn't smell it online -- Anna's Incense is a small business that has repeatedly proven the doubters wrong. Anna's Incense is a SERIOUS small business - selling thousands of sticks of incense to thousands of customers each month via e-commerce. Online marketing helps the customer list grow every day.

E-Business Case Study: Sandy's Home-Style Baking Company

A Simple E-Business Presence Allows Small Business to Tap into New Markets

Sandy Stevens, a home-based baker and caterer with a limited budget recently made the leap to e-business with a simple brochure-style website. Her online marketing efforts have since developed sales from as far away as Mexico and her small business has unexpectedly found an untapped market.

E-Business Case Study: Mostly Mommies

In February 2003, the e-business mostlymommies.com became the online marketing venue for a group of small businesses and mothers living and working on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. From this e-business case study we learn that since its launch, this e-business - an online craft market and information resource centre for mothers - has been attracting thousands of visitors a month and the e-business' owners are finding that their fair-trade Internet venture has found a momentum of its own.