What is E-commerce?

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E commerce is bascially termed as commerce done electronically.

 

It generally refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.
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E-commerce makes information on products and the market as a whole readily available and accessible, and increases price transparency, which enable customers to make more appropriate purchasing decisions. E-commerce includes all types of business activity, such as retail shopping, banking, investing and rentals.

 

E-Commerce stands for electronic commerce or online businesses that sell directly to customers via the internet

The advantage of an online store is quite obvious: low cost, global reach
A brick & mortar store is expensive, you have to pay rent, utilities and wages of attendants
A brick & mortar store's reach is limited to the local area

There are many online shops these days and more e-shops are launched every day. To get into the e-commerce business, you need to figure out what you want to sell, what to call your website and invest in an attractive website that will induce visitors into buying.

 

Ecommerce is a electronic commerce where products and services will be sale online.

 

E-commerce is basically Electronic commerce that deals with buying and selling of services and products over electronic systems such as Internet and other Computer networks. Electronic commerce is commonly referred to as Online commerce, Web commerce, eBusiness, eRetail, eTailing, e-tailing, ecommerce, eCommerce, e-commerce, ecom or EC. The processes involved with conducting business on the Internet and opening an eCommerce shop to sell from have several benefits to both merchants and the customers who buy from them. The biggest benefits of conducting business Online include a cheaper upfront cost to the merchant, it's easier to set up and open the store and it's faster to get an Online business up, running and making sales.

 

Every online shopping site is a eCommerce site.

 

Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, ecommerce or e-comm, refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. However, the term may refer to more than just buying and selling products online. It also includes the entire online process of developing, marketing, selling, delivering, servicing and paying for products and services. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily with widespread Internet usage. The use of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on innovations in electronic funds transfer,supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at one point in the transaction's life-cycle, although it may encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail, mobile devices and telephones as well.


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pretty much what sphinx said. E-com is pretty much buying and selling of physical goods online.