E-Commerce: Prepared by Suraiya Yasmin Assistant Professor Dept of CSIT

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E- commerce

Prepared by
Suraiya Yasmin
Assistant Professor
Dept of CSIT
What is E-commerce?
 It is commonly known as electronic commerce or internet
commerce.
 It consist of buying and selling goods and services over
an electronic system such as the internet.
 E-commerce is the purchasing , selling & exchanging
goods and services over computer network or internet
through which transactions or terms of sale are
performed electronically.
Examples of Electronic commerce

Online shopping
Online ticket booking
Online banking
Online hotel booking etc.
Different types of e-commerce

Business to Business (B2B)


Business to Consumer (B2C)
Business to Government (B2G)
Consumer to Consumer (C2C)
 Government to Consumer (G2C)
 Government to Business (G2B)
E-commerce vs E-business
In E-Commerce, there is no need for the buyer and
the seller to meet with each other in order to do the
whole selling and buying process.
E-Business includes a wider kind of business
processes, such as electronic ordering processing,
supply chain management, customer relationship
management, etc. So basically, E-Commerce is a part of
E-Business.
E-Commerce includes any kind of business
transaction which related to money, but E-Business
includes monetary activities.
What is B2B e-commerce?
B2B e-commerce is simply defined as ecommerce
between companies. About 80% of e-commerce is
of this type.

Examples:
Intel selling microprocessor to Dell
Heinz selling ketchup to Mc Donalds
What is B2C ecommerce?
Business to Consumer is the establishment of the
electronic business relationship between the seller to
final customers. This is probably the most common
form of E-Commerce.

Example: Dell selling me a laptop


What is B2G ecommerce?
Business-to-government e-commerce or B2G is
generally defined as commerce between
companies and the government via internet.

Example: Business pay taxes, file reports, or sell goods and


services to Govt. agencies.
What is C2C ecommerce?
Consumer-to-consumer e-commerce or C2C is
simply commerce between private individuals or
consumers.
Example:
Mary buying an iPod/ laptop from Tom on eBay
Me selling a car to my neighbour
G2C E-commerce
 This Model is also a part of e-governance.The
objective of this model is to provide good and
effective services to each citizen.
 The Government provides the following facilities to
the citizens through website.
a. Information of all government departments
b. Different welfare schemes
c. Different application forms to be used by the
citizens.
G2B E-commerce
Government-to-business (G2B) is a business model
that refers to government providing services or
information to business organisation.

This business model support auctions, tenders


and application submission functionalities.
ADVANTAGES OF E-COMMERCE
 Faster buying/selling procedure, as well as easy to find
products.
 Buying/selling 24/7.
 More reach to customers, there is no
geographic limitations.
 No need of physical company set-ups.
 Easy to start and manage a business.
 Customers can easily select products from different
providers without moving around physically.
DISADVANTAGES OF E-COMMERCE

 The biggest drawback of ecommerce is the issue of


security.
 Unable to examine products personally. People have
to rely on electronic images to purchase products.
 Not everyone is connected to the Internet
 High labor cost

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