E-commerce usually refers to a new business operation mode in which buyers and sellers conduct various business activities without meeting each other in a wide range of business activities around the world under the open network environment of the Internet, realizing online shopping of consumers, online transactions between businesses and online electronic payment, as well as various business activities, trading activities, financial activities and related comprehensive service activities.
The main functions of e-commerce:
1 allows consumers to shop and pay online through the Internet.
2. You can get to know the product information of local shopping malls through online channels such as Baidu micro-purchase, Taobao and Newegg without leaving home, and then go for a walk on the spot.
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Classification of e-commerce:
First, according to the transaction object
1, e-commerce can be divided into business-to-business e-commerce (B2B).
2. Business-to-consumer electronic commerce (B2C).
3. Business-to-government electronic commerce (B2G).
4. Consumer-to-government electronic commerce (C2G).
5. Consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce (C2C).
6. E-commerce with mutual transformation among enterprises, consumers and agents.
7. A new consumer-centered business model (C2B2S).
8. A new electronic commerce (P2D) for both the supply and demand sides.
Second, depending on the type of network used
1, e-commerce can be divided into e-commerce based on special value-added network (EDI).
2. Internet-based e-commerce.
3. E-commerce based on Intranet.
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