Electronic commerce, commonly known as (electronic marketing) e-commerce or eCommerce,
consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems
such as the Internet and other computer networks.
The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily with widespread
Internet usage.
The use of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on innovations
in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online
transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management
systems, and automated data collection systems.
Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some point
in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider range of technologies
such as e-mail as well.
A large percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for
virtual items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic
commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way.
Online retailers are sometimes known as e-tailers and online retail is sometimes
known as e-tail.
Almost all big retailers have electronic commerce presence on the World Wide Web.
Electronic commerce that is conducted between businesses is referred to as business-to-business
or B2B.
B2B can be open to all interested parties (e.g. commodity exchange) or limited to
specific, pre-qualified participants (private electronic market).
Electronic commerce that is conducted between businesses and consumers, on the other
hand, is referred to as business-to-consumer or B2C.
This is the type of electronic commerce conducted by companies such as Amazon.com.
Electronic commerce is generally considered to be the sales aspect of e-business.
It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the financing and payment
aspects of the business transactions.
What TLU Design can provide
TLU Design can provide a bespoke e-commerce or B2B solution for your business or
organisation.
Our e-commere solutions are developed in ASP.NET or PHP and powered by either SQL Server
or MySQL.
Please feel free to contact us to
discuss your e-commerce requirements