Exercise 1 q2

why has amazon been successful? how does purchase of a book work?

• amazon offers both new and used books.
  
• amazon now offers a range of items including shoes, electronics, computers and exercise equipment
  
• amazon tracks your preferences and shows you appropriate books in that category.
• amazon offers chapters and peek-ins of books
• amazon offers online books in their kindle
• amazon offers gift lists, credit cards, corporate accounts, blogs, web development, credit cards, finance and a for sale list to which their subscribers can add items
  

to purchase a book the user adds it to their shopping cart and then goes through the paying checkout.

Are there secure transactions not involving $
the user can

• track packages
• return gifts
• leave feedback
• change settings for their account
• ask for alerts about items
• manage their address book

and a range of other activities

range of items? steps involved
to select items other than books the user merely clicks on Shop All Departments and then selects an appropriate area.