E-commerce usually refers to a wide range of commercial and trade activities around the world. In the open network environment of the Internet, based on the browser/server application mode, the two sides conduct various business and trade activities without meeting each other.
It is a new business operation mode to realize online shopping, online trading and online electronic payment among merchants, as well as various business activities, trading activities, financial activities and related comprehensive service activities. And e-commerce companies are enterprises engaged in or participating in such activities.
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1. According to the operation mode of commercial activities, e-commerce can be divided into complete e-commerce and incomplete e-commerce;
2. According to the content of business activities, e-commerce mainly includes indirect e-commerce (the electronic ordering and payment of tangible goods still need to use traditional channels such as postal service and commercial express delivery) and direct e-commerce (intangible goods and services, such as online ordering, payment and delivery of some computer software and entertainment products, or information services on a global scale);
3. According to the scope of electronic transactions, e-commerce can be divided into regional e-commerce, remote domestic e-commerce and global e-commerce;
4. According to the type of network used, electronic commerce can be divided into electronic commerce based on special value-added network (EDI), electronic commerce based on Internet and electronic commerce based on intranet.
5. According to the transaction object, e-commerce can be divided into business-to-business e-commerce (B2B), business-to-consumer e-commerce (B2C), business-to-government e-commerce (B2G), consumer-to-government e-commerce (C2G) and consumer-to-consumer e-commerce (C2C).
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