What is Ecommerce?
Electronic
commerce, e-commerce or ecommerce consists primarily
of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing, and
servicing of products or services over electronic
systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.
The information technology industry
might see it as an electronic business application
aimed at commercial transactions. It can involve electronic
funds transfer, supply chain management, e-marketing,
online marketing, online transaction processing, electronic
data interchange, automated inventory management systems,
and automated data-collection systems. It typically
uses electronic communications technology such as
the Internet, extranets, e-mail, Ebooks, databases,
and mobile phones. *
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