Selling online is divided into two categories, selling products that are 'tangible' such as Kids Toys, books, Music Cd's etc and selling products that are 'Intangible' such as software. The approach your company takes to ebusiness will differ depending on the type of product you are selling.For example if you sell a software programme, your customer can download straight away after paying by credit card and factors such as distribution and order tracking will not be important.

However, selling a physical product is more than just having it on your website.You must also distribute your product to your buyer, wherever they are in the world.The good news is that there are many excellent distributors in operation now.An example of a distributor (In Ireland) would be An Post .