Study about the electronic commerce

Study about the electronic commerce

E-commerce is Electronic commerce or EC and is the buying and selling of different goods as well as services on the web or over the internet. E-tailing is the term used for businesses that deals with online retail selling.

E-commerce can be divided in different parts, like:

• Electronic Data Interchange [EDI], the exchanging of data between different businesses;
• The safety of business transactions;
• Virtual storefronts on websites or E-tailing that has online catalogs which is usually brought together as a “virtual mall”;
• Buying and selling between different businesses;
• The use and collection of demographic data from web contacts;
• The use of fax and or email as media in reaching customers, like for example in using newsletters, and others.

The exchanging or swapping of business data is called Electronic Data Interchange [EDI].

It is expected and will soon be replaced by one or more standard XML formats like ebXML.