UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA
The Graduate School

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Master of Business Administration Programme

Information Technology For Managers

TM5013

 

 

 

Group Project 1

E-Commerce Business Idea

 

 

 

 

SUBMITTED TO

Dr. Shahizan Hassan

 

 

SUBMISSION DATE

30 September 2006

 

 

 

 

 

Group Members :

Ding Teng Yee (85895)

Goh Choon Yang (86243)

Melissa Lim Mei Ling (85897)

Vasanthi Kandasamy (85874)

 

 

 

 

Business Idea : 4D Prediction Service

 

What is it selling?

ˇ                     Non-tangible products. This 4D Prediction Service is focused on selling hope, which simply means giving people the opportunity or hope to get rich.

ˇ                     Customers will buy numbers (4 digit numbers) based on own prediction. If the number becomes the winning number, they will obtain cash rewards.

ˇ                     Main rivals would be Toto, Magnum 4D because it is based on the same concept. The difference is that 4D Prediction Service is a web-based business.

 

Target Market

ˇ                     Race : Chinese, Indian, Caucasian, non-Bumis

ˇ                     Age Range : between 18 to 55 years of age

 

E-Commerce Business Model

ˇ                     E-Marketplace and exchanges

ˇ                     Business-to-Consumer (B2C) model

 

Expected Cost

Items

Estimated Cost (RM)

 

Hardware

20,000

 

Software Development

10,000

 

Database (ie. SQL Server)

5,000

per year

Marketing/Advertisement

5,000

per year

Maintenance

10,000

 

Total

50,000

 

 

The total implementation cost for this e-commerce business is estimated at RM50000.

 

Promotion/Marketing Strategy

ˇ                     Online advertising

ˇ                     Flyers, e-flyers

ˇ                     Magazines

ˇ                     Table top advertising

The table top advertising is planned to be carried out in selected locations (ie. restaurants, café) based on the target market.

 

Payment Method

ˇ                     Credit card

ˇ                     Online banking

 

Security Issues

ˇ                     Being a web-based business, there is always a concern on the security of online transactions which is one of the major issue to be focused on to ensure the integrity of the transactions.

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