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Sales, Marketing & Customer Experience
Sales, Marketing & Customer Experience
E-Commerce & Online Business Training
Plan and operate an online business that connects a clear value proposition with effective storefront, fulfilment and growth systems.
Course overview
Turn learning into workplace capability.
Plan and operate an online business that connects a clear value proposition with effective storefront, fulfilment and growth systems. Participants work through realistic workplace scenarios, guided practice and structured reflection so they can apply the learning immediately.
The programme combines customer insight, purposeful communication, channel or conversation planning, practical execution, measurement, and continuous commercial improvement.
By the end
Learning outcomes
- Select an appropriate e-commerce model and platform approach.
- Design a trustworthy customer journey and product experience.
- Coordinate payments, orders, fulfilment and customer support.
- Use acquisition, retention and performance metrics to grow.
By the end
Learning objectives
- Explain online business models and connect it to the participant's workplace context.
- Apply platform and store experience using a structured method and appropriate supporting evidence.
- Use product content and merchandising to complete a realistic task accurately and efficiently.
- Evaluate payments, orders and fulfilment by applying quality criteria, controls, and professional judgement.
- Integrate customer acquisition and retention with related tools, people, information, and review points.
- Produce a practical, workplace-ready output together with a clear next-step implementation plan.
Practical curriculum
Course outline: E-Commerce & Online Business Training
A focused sequence designed for application, reflection and measurable next steps. Expand each module for its detail and practical exercise.
01. Online Business Models
- Customer, audience, commercial objective, journey stage, and success criteria for online business models.
- Research, preparation, message, content, channel, or conversation-planning methods.
- Guided application using a realistic customer, campaign, sales, or service scenario.
- Ethical practice, quality checks, measurement, learning, and optimisation actions.
Practical exercise: Participants prepare and deliver a customer or campaign response, then improve it using feedback and measures while applying online business models.
02. Platform and Store Experience
- Customer, audience, commercial objective, journey stage, and success criteria for platform and store experience.
- Research, preparation, message, content, channel, or conversation-planning methods.
- Guided application using a realistic customer, campaign, sales, or service scenario.
- Ethical practice, quality checks, measurement, learning, and optimisation actions.
Practical exercise: Participants prepare and deliver a customer or campaign response, then improve it using feedback and measures while applying platform and store experience.
03. Product Content and Merchandising
- Customer, audience, commercial objective, journey stage, and success criteria for product content and merchandising.
- Research, preparation, message, content, channel, or conversation-planning methods.
- Guided application using a realistic customer, campaign, sales, or service scenario.
- Ethical practice, quality checks, measurement, learning, and optimisation actions.
Practical exercise: Participants prepare and deliver a customer or campaign response, then improve it using feedback and measures while applying product content and merchandising.
04. Payments, Orders and Fulfilment
- Customer, audience, commercial objective, journey stage, and success criteria for payments, orders and fulfilment.
- Research, preparation, message, content, channel, or conversation-planning methods.
- Guided application using a realistic customer, campaign, sales, or service scenario.
- Ethical practice, quality checks, measurement, learning, and optimisation actions.
Practical exercise: Participants prepare and deliver a customer or campaign response, then improve it using feedback and measures while applying payments, orders and fulfilment.
05. Customer Acquisition and Retention
- Customer, audience, commercial objective, journey stage, and success criteria for customer acquisition and retention.
- Research, preparation, message, content, channel, or conversation-planning methods.
- Guided application using a realistic customer, campaign, sales, or service scenario.
- Ethical practice, quality checks, measurement, learning, and optimisation actions.
Practical exercise: Participants prepare and deliver a customer or campaign response, then improve it using feedback and measures while applying customer acquisition and retention.
06. Analytics and Growth Plan
- Customer, audience, commercial objective, journey stage, and success criteria for analytics and growth plan.
- Research, preparation, message, content, channel, or conversation-planning methods.
- Guided application using a realistic customer, campaign, sales, or service scenario.
- Ethical practice, quality checks, measurement, learning, and optimisation actions.
Practical exercise: Participants prepare and deliver a customer or campaign response, then improve it using feedback and measures while applying analytics and growth plan.
Programme detail
How the course runs
Methodology
- Short instructor explanations that establish the principles, terminology, and workflow of E-Commerce & Online Business Training.
- Live demonstrations and customer, campaign, sales, and service simulations.
- Individual, pair, and group activities using realistic inputs that do not require disclosure of confidential information.
- Facilitated review, peer discussion, trainer feedback, and correction against clear quality criteria.
- A final application task plus a personal or team action plan for transfer to the workplace.
Assessment & evidence of learning
- Opening diagnostic questions to establish experience, needs, and relevant workplace scenarios.
- Observation of guided practice and completion of module activities relevant to Sales, Marketing & Customer Experience.
- Knowledge checks, review questions, or scenario decisions at appropriate points in the programme.
- A final practical output, simulation, presentation, analysis, or implementation plan reviewed against stated criteria.
- Trainer feedback and participant reflection identifying strengths, corrections, and next-step workplace actions.
Prerequisites
- No formal prerequisite is required; relevant workplace experience will help participants contextualise the activities.
Course completion & workplace transfer
- Record corrections, open questions, support needs, and an accountable next action for workplace application.
- Review the final practical output against the learning outcomes and complete the trainer's closing knowledge check, reflection, or skills demonstration.
Who should attend
Who this course is for
Entrepreneurs, retailers, marketing teams and managers launching or improving online sales.
01
Live online via Zoom Meeting
Join a scheduled public intake from anywhere. Trainer-led, camera-on, with hands-on exercises and Q&A throughout.
02
Private in-house group session on Zoom
The same programme run privately for one organisation on its own date, with examples tailored to your policies and roles.
03
Joining details by email
The Zoom link, meeting ID and passcode are sent automatically once payment succeeds, with reminders one day and one hour before the start.
Course questions
What organisations usually ask
Is E-Commerce & Online Business Training HRD Corp claimable?
The programme can be proposed as HRD Corp claimable training, subject to the employer’s eligibility, current scheme rules, course registration and final approval.
Who should attend this course?
Entrepreneurs, retailers, marketing teams and managers launching or improving online sales.
How long is the course and how is it delivered?
The standard duration is 2 days. Every session runs live on Zoom with a trainer — there is no face-to-face or physical classroom option. Available formats: Live online via Zoom Meeting, Private in-house group session on Zoom.
How do I receive the Zoom link?
Reserve a seat online and complete payment. The Zoom joining link, meeting ID and passcode are emailed automatically the moment payment succeeds, followed by an automatic reminder one day before and one hour before the session starts.
What do I need to join the session?
A computer with a stable internet connection, the free Zoom client, a webcam and a headset. Sessions run in Malaysia time (GMT+8). Software used in hands-on courses should be installed before day one — the joining email lists what to prepare.
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*HRD Corp claimability is subject to employer eligibility, current scheme rules, course registration and approval. Public fees are indicative until confirmed in writing. Certification, licensing and statutory pathways may require an approved provider, separate assessment, experience or registration set by the relevant authority or awarding body.