Evaluating functionalities of eCommerce websites for emigrants

The internet and technological advancements have revolutionized the way in which business and commerce is conducted nowadays. A lot has changed since the traditional over the counter form of trade to the electronic form of trade. The latter in which data is transferred electronically. E-businesses are beginning to examine the benefits of using Web 2.0, especially in the form of social networking sites, to collaborate with business partners and to communicate with consumers and potential employees. In order to create, possibly in the near future, a platform for selling services and typical Portuguese products, throughout this project various online companies´ websites´, which sell products and services, were analyzed. Other than analyze website characteristics we also tried to understand how these are sustained and how they interact with social networking services.