What is Ecommerce?
Ecommerce, also known as electronic commerce or internet
commerce, refers to the buying and selling of goods or services
using the Internet. Transaction of money, funds, and data are also
considered as E-commerce .
The history of e commerce begins in 1994: a man sold a CD by the
band Sting to his friend through his website NetMarket, an
American retail platform. (piattaforma di vendita al dettaglio) This is
the first example of a consumer purchasing a product from a
business through the World Wide Web—or “ecommerce” as we
commonly know it today.
Since then, ecommerce has evolved to make products easier to
discover and purchase through online retailers (Rivenditori
dettaglianti) and marketplaces. Independent freelancers (liberi
professionisti), small businesses, and large corporations have all
benefited from ecommerce, which enables them to sell their goods
and services at a scale that was not possible with traditional retail.
Online stores like Amazon, Flipkart, Shopify, Myntra, Ebay, Quikr,
Olx are examples of E-commerce websites (siti web).
E-commerce is one of the fastest growing industries in the global
economy. Electronic commerce can be classified into four main
categories.
1. Business to Business
Here the companies are doing business with each other. The
final consumer is not involved.
2. Business to Consumer
Here the company sells their goods and/or services directly to the
consumer. The consumer can browse (navigare) their websites and
