E-COMMERCE
Ecommerce offers businesses a whole range of opportunities, from marketing opportunities to increase your product ranges to generating more sales, and with an optimized and well-developed website you can not only achieve these goals but also offer your customers around-the-clock, convenient service, that can boost your business.
Advantages of e-commerce
- Increasing reach
- More jobs
- Lower operational costs
- Easier and more convenient shopping
- Allows comparison shopping
Different types of e-commerce
Business-to-consumer (B2C)
This is the most common kind of e-commerce. When shoppers get online and buy something from an online store, they are involved in business-to-consumer e-commerce.
Business-to-business (B2B)
Many businesses sell raw goods or parts through e-commerce to other companies that will then use those materials to create their products.
Consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
This kind of e-commerce refers to when consumers sell to other consumers. Sites like eBay and Craigslist are examples of this kind of e-commerce.
- Consumer-to-business (C2B). This type of e-commerce is when consumers sell their products or services to businesses.
- Business-to-administration (B2A) This category of e-commerce refers to transactions between businesses and public administration, which includes areas such as social security, employment and legal.
- Consumer-to-administration (C2A). This includes transactions between consumers and public administration, where consumers pay for services like taxes and legal document preparation.