Electronic commerce, commonly known as
e-commerce or
eCommerce,
is a type of industry where the buying and selling of products or
services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and
other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such
as
mobile commerce,
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 social media, and telephones as well.
Electronic commerce is generally considered to be the sales aspect of
e-business. It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the
financing and payment aspects of business transactions. This is an
effective and efficient way of communicating within an organization and
one of the most effective and useful ways of conducting business.
E-commerce can be divided into:
- E-tailing or "virtual storefronts" on websites with online catalogs, sometimes gathered into a "virtual mall"
- Buying or Selling on various websites
- The gathering and use of demographic data through Web contacts and social media
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), the business-to-business exchange of data
- E-mail and fax and their use as media for reaching prospective and established customers (for example, with newsletters)
- Business-to-business buying and selling
- The security of business transactions
news source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce
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