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A REVIEW PAPER ON E-COMMERCE WEBSITE FOR SECOND-HAND BOOKS
Mrunal Munot*1, Bhavna Khivsara*2, Sourabh Singh Rajput*3,
Shubham Gugale*4, Bhumika Badnore*5
*1,3,4,5Student, Computer Engineering Department, SNJB's Late Sau K B Jain College Of Engineering,
Chandwad, Maharashtra, India.
*2Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department, SNJB's Late Sau K B Jain College Of
Engineering, Chandwad Maharashtra, India.
ABSTRACT
This Every new technology which is coming in the market has come with some innovative features and all that
features are involved to satisfy the user requirements. Many technologies come and disappear from the market
but some of them impact the market and bring a huge change and stand on the top. In this report, we are
explained the E-commerce website for second hand books. It is a Service where customers can buy or sell
second-hand books. Through this Service, the Seller can sell the book by just creating a profile of the book by
filling in the necessary information and the customer can search for the required book. We studied
Recommendation system to provide user related recommendations so that it will be helpful for users to get
ideas for buying other related books so that it will improve users’ knowledge. In this report, we studied all
about e-commerce sites which use selling or buying of second-hand books. The report briefly explains the
history, introduction, popularity, prerequisites, survey, features and many more which is a part of this great
innovation.
Keywords: Ecommerce, Knowledge Sharing, Price Bidding, Recommendation, Second Hand Book.
I. INTRODUCTION
It is an Application Service where customers can buy or sell second-hand books. Through this Service, the Seller
can sell the book by just creating a profile of the book by filling the necessary information and the customer can
search for the required book, later add to the cart and finally purchase that. The books will be divided into
categories to make the search easier. The user can give feedback about the books. On that basis it is easy to
recommend books to the customer.
Books are considered because the best source of knowledge and education; it can help them to achieve their
dreams or to just fulfil hobbies. But not all people can afford buying new books. So, there is only one solution to
this problem: buying second hand books. And that buying it in online mode is more beneficial. Online website
contains a variety of books. It can be hard to find required books in nearby shops. Buying used books online
saves time, money and energy of people getting to market and provides knowledge at an equivalent time. We
trust that education should be available to every individual. So, our goal is to make education available for
everyone who can’t afford it.
II. LITERATURE SURVEY
About 40 years ago E-commerce was introduced. The term was first employed and coined by Dr. Robert
Jacobson. Since then, E-commerce has helped number of businesses grow by using latest technologies and
much improvements in internet connections, added secure payment gateways, and widely business and
consumer adoption. [1]
In history there are that nearly all popular E-Commerce spots had their commencement by dealing books.
There are still people who look for the places where they will get popular and uncommon books and get them
delivered to their home. [2]
However, you know that a single website is not enough for that, If you ’re one of them. Rather, you should have
a collection of websites that you can keep an eye on. We understand this can be a gruelling task, and we decided
to help out a bit. [2]
E-commerce Timeline:
1. 1969: CompuServe was founded
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2. 1979: Michael Aldrich invents electronic shopping
3. 1982: Boston Computer Exchange launches
4. 1992: Book Stacks Unlimited launches as first online book marketplace
5. 1994: Web browser launched Netscape Navigator
6. 1995: Amazon launch
7. 1998: PayPal launches as an ecommerce payment system
8. 2000: Google introduces Google AdWords as an online advertising tool
9. 2009: BigCommerce launches
10. 2011: Stripe launches
11. 2017: Shoppable Instagram is introduced
12. 2020: COVID-19 Drives Ecommerce Growth
Types of E-commerce Site
1. B2B (Business-to-Business)
B2B involves trade dealings between businesses where trade of wares is made to an interim purchaser.
B2Becommerce deals with relations between and among businesses.[3]
2. B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
In the B2C model, businesses or associations trade goods or services to guests over the Internet for consumers
enjoy use. [3]
3. C2B (Consumer-to-Consumer)
In a C2B model, guests vend goods and services to businesses, and the pots buy the products and services
(Nemat, 2011). Consumers give value, and the businesses consume that value. [3]
4. C2C (Consumer-to-Consumer)
This is the swift growing type of ecommerce. Businesses simply give a platform announce the product, and
buyers can buy the product directly from the dealer. In the C2C model, businesses grease the setting where
consumers buy and vend goods and services directly to each other. [3]
Some E-Commerce Book Websites Information
A. Bookchor (bookchor.com)
One of the reasons why people buy books online in India is to save plutocrats. And an indeed better way is to
get your hands on old and alternate hand books. That’s what the Bookchor online store does in practice. [2*]
• Bookchor Advantages
1. They ensure the book isn’t appropriated and no runners are missing. [4]
• Bookchor Limitations
1. Presently, Ecommerce services are only available in Delhi. If you live in any other state, you’ll have to
download the app to post an announcement for interested buyers. [4]
2. Problem with online payment. There are many complaints against Bookchor that after druggies made
online payments, they didn’t get their books delivered to them. And still staying for a refund. So, it is better to
choose Cash on delivery (COD). [4]
3. Delivery Time The delivery of the book can take up to months depending on where you live. [4]
B. Bookswagon(bookswagon.com)
Unlike the other websites mentioned, Bookswagon.com is solely dedicated to books. This might represent a lot
of different things. To begin with, it means that you will be able to find a wide range of publications to choose
from. Bookswagon.com would have your back whether you were shopping for box sets or a single, rare book,
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which is no minor feat. Even better, when you purchase popular titles, such as best-sellers and pre-orders, you
can save a lot of money. [2*]
• Bookswagon Advantages
1. Bookswagon has an organized set of categories.
• Bookswagon Limitations
1. The book is “non-returnable”. It would be a problem if they were damaged or if the wrong book was sent. As
a result, these were hazardous purchases. [5]
2. Their notification system is lacking and they don’t have a working app for phones yet. because of that they
did not have the need to contact them. [5]
C. Amazon(amazon.com)
Despite growing so big and diverse, Probably the best part of Amazon’s book collection is that it consists of
products from various markets. The same goes for eBooks, for which Amazon has a dedicated Kindle store. So, if
you can’t buy printed books from the site, you will find a digital version on the site. You should keep in mind
that the company keeps having fantastic offers, at least for the popular titles. [2]
a) Amazon features:
• Account Sign in:
1. Registered users can sign in to their account using an email id or phone number and password.
2. Also, users can select whether to keep an account signed in for future purposes.
3. Sign in with the OTP authentication feature.
• Forget Password Feature:
Forget Password Feature with OTP authentication, where users can enter a registered email id or phone
number to sign in to their respective accounts.
• Account Settings:
Users can manage their account settings like security settings, username, password, registered emails, and
phone number and their Delivery Address, Payment Options, and Details. Also, the User can track the orders
and payment transactions that he made.
• Amazon’s Advantages
1. Over 240 million Amazon customers worldwide. [6]
2. A large number of potential shoppers are exclusively browsing for things on Amazon. [6]
• Amazon’s Limitations
1. Amazon Sales Charge - varies from 7 to 20 percent based on the product category. [6]
2. With the option “Shipping via Amazon” shipping costs have to be included in the sale price. [6]
3. Several providers of the same product can result in a price battle.
4. Possibly limited opportunities to directly influence the display of a product. [6]
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Table 1. Comparison of Different E-commerce Sites
Parameter amazon.com bookchor.com bookswagon.com
Second Very few numbers of
In bookchor.com second
Hand second All new books
hand books
Book Buy hand books available.
available.
and sell available.
amazon.com is bookswagon.com
bookchor.com is
User friendly user friendly is less user
user friendly.
website friendly.
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bookswagon.com
Original images 80% Original
Original not provides
of books are not images of books
image original images
available. are available.
of books.
Cost of Very costly Intermediate
Costly books.
Books books. prices of books.
There is not Functionality Price bidding
Price
possible for for price bidding functionality
bidding
prices bidding. is not available. not provided.
IV. CONCLUSION
There are many e-commerce websites working for selling and buying different products and second-hand
books also. E-commerce websites are available like Bookchor. But, after observing all the things, some areas
require development. They are:
• Original image of the book will be provided.
• Sellers can sell second hand books easily.
• Users can buy second hand books according to their needs.
• Price Bidding.
We will publish proposed work and architecture in next paper.
V. REFERENCES
[1] “Ecommerce.” [Online]. Available: https://www.bigcommerce.com/articles/ ecommerce/
[2] Best websites to buy books online in India. [Online]. Available:
https://xtendedview.com/internet/best-online-book-stores-in-india/2561/
[3] K. M. Rahman, “A narrative literature review and e-commerce website research,” arXiv preprint
arXiv:1806.07833, 2018.
[4] Bookchor review: Sell/buy old books. [Online]. Available: https://www.infosmush. com/bookchor-
review-sellbuy-old-books
[5] How reliable is bookswagon.com for buying books? [Online]. Available: https://www.quora.com/How-
reliable-is-Bookswagon-com-for-buying-books
[6] Amazon: Advantages disadvantages. [Online]. Available: https://www. simonconsulting.at/amazon-vn
EN.html
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