What is E-commerce?

E-Commerce or electronic commerce refers to a business model that involves sales transactions being done on the web. Virtually every online shopping website - big or small - follows this structure. Any site where you can obtain items for sale over the internet is considered an ecommerce website.

There are a lot of ecommerce websites selling a variety of items now. From clothing pieces to food items to gardening materials, one must be creative to make his or her brand more unique than the other. Even social media accounts are becoming ecommerce platforms and are developed to be E-Commerce websites nowadays.

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Different E-Commerce websites are labeled or referred to differently, based on the function they fulfill.

Business-to-Business (B2B): Electronic transactions of goods and services between companies.
Business-to-Consumer (B2C): Electronic transactions of goods and services between companies and consumers.
Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C): Electronic transactions of goods and services between consumers, mostly through a third party.
Consumer-to-Business (C2B): Electronic transactions of goods and services where individuals offer products or services to companies.