(Electronic commerce) refers to people using electronic means to conduct various business activities centered on commodity exchange. It is a transaction between companies, manufacturers, commercial enterprises, industrial enterprises and individual consumers. Both parties or parties use computer networks to conduct Business activities include electronic business information, electronic advertising, electronic contract signing, electronic shopping, electronic transactions, electronic payment, electronic transfer, electronic settlement, electronic shopping malls, electronic banking and other e-commerce activities at different levels and to varying degrees.

Refers to the electronicization and networking of all walks of life (including government agencies, enterprises and institutions) and various businesses, which can be called electronic business, including e-commerce, e-government, e-military, e-medical, e-education, e-official, e-commerce, etc. affairs, electronic housework

E-commerce can be understood as a way of using modern information technology to engage in various commercial activities. E-commerce can use any communication network, including the Internet, to carry out marketing, buying, selling, and exchanging goods, services, and information.

Overall comparison

B2C (e-commerce between businesses and consumers) is called "C-side" (the earliest e-commerce model) such as travel arrangements, online medical diagnosis and distance education B2B (business-to-business e-commerce) "B-side" "largest share" "wholesale" B2G (e-commerce between business and government) taxation, procurement C2G (e-commerce between consumers and government) such as resident registration, household registration management, pension payment, social welfare C2C (consumer-to-consumer e-commerce) such as "Taobao" {C2B (e-commerce between consumers and businesses) customization and personalized needs B2B2C (e-commerce between suppliers, enterprises and consumers) such as Haier and Gree} According to the classification in the book, the above five types

Pre-transaction e-commerce; e-commerce in transactions; Post-transaction e-commerce

Complete e-commerce: It means that the information flow, logistics and capital flow in the transaction process can all be realized online. Transactions can be realized entirely through e-commerce, such as e-books, distance education, and online games. Complete transactions directly online; (invisible e-commerce) Incomplete e-commerce: refers to transactions that cannot completely rely on e-commerce to complete the entire transaction process. The transaction needs to be completed through some external factors (such as transportation systems). The goods involved are tangible goods, such as flowers, books, food, etc. (tangible e-commerce)

EDI commerce: standardizes and formats business documents according to an agreed-upon standard and protocol, and conducts data exchange and automatic processing between trading partners' computer network systems through computer networks. Internet e-commerce: refers to e-commerce activities carried out around the world using the Internet. All parties participating in the transaction can conduct various forms of e-commerce business on the Internet. It is the main form of e-commerce at present. Intranet e-commerce: refers to intranet commerce, which refers to e-commerce activities carried out in that part of a large enterprise and within an industry. Greatly reduced business costs and improved work efficiency. Mobile e-commerce: Mobile e-commerce refers to B2B, B2C or C2C e-commerce activities carried out through wireless communication networks using mobile communication devices such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). It combines the Internet and mobile communication technologies. The perfect combination of , short-distance communication technology and other information processing technologies enables people to conduct various business activities at any time and anywhere, and realize online and offline shopping and transactions anytime, anywhere, online electronic payments and various transaction activities. , business activities, financial activities and related comprehensive service activities, etc.

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