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 browser/server applications, where buyers and sellers conduct various commercial activities without meeting. A new business operation model that realizes consumers' online shopping, online transactions between merchants and online electronic payments, as well as various business activities, trading activities, financial activities and related comprehensive service activities.
Advantages
1. E-commerce electronically digitizes traditional business processes. On the one hand, electronic flow replaces physical flow, which can greatly reduce manpower and material resources and reduce costs; On the other hand, it breaks through the limitations of time and space, allowing trading activities to be carried out at any time and anywhere, thus greatly improving efficiency.
2. The openness and global nature of e-commerce create more trade opportunities for enterprises.
3. E-commerce allows enterprises to enter the global electronic market at similar costs, making it possible for small and medium-sized enterprises to have the same information resources as large enterprises, improving the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises.
4. E-commerce has redefined the traditional circulation model, reduced intermediate links, and made direct transactions between producers and consumers possible, thus changing the way the entire social economy operates to a certain extent.
5. On the one hand, e-commerce breaks down the barriers of time and space, and on the other hand, it provides abundant information resources, providing more possibilities for the recombination of various social and economic factors, which will affect The economic layout and structure of society.
6. Interactivity: Through the Internet, businesses can directly communicate, negotiate, and sign contracts. Consumers can also reflect their feedback and suggestions to the website of the enterprise or merchant, and the enterprise or merchant must Investigate product types and service quality in a timely manner based on consumer feedback to achieve positive interactions.
Defects
1. The network itself has limitations
In this In terms of model, we can only rely on website production and web designers to have a better grasp of the web page model to display products to consumers.
2. The search function is not perfect enough
3. The security of transactions cannot be guaranteed
E-commerce security issues are still the main factor affecting the development of e-commerce. factor. Due to the rapid popularity of the Internet, e-commerce has attracted widespread attention and is recognized as the most potential new growth point in the future IT industry. However, when processing transactions on an open network, how to ensure the security of transmitted data has become one of the most important factors in the popularity of e-commerce. A survey company has conducted an online survey on the application prospects of e-commerce. When asked why they are unwilling to shop online, the vast majority of people are worried about being attacked by hackers and losing their credit card information. Therefore, some people or companies are reluctant to use e-commerce because they are worried about security issues, and security has become the biggest obstacle to the development of e-commerce.
The security issue of e-commerce is actually an issue of integrity between people. It requires the cooperation and efforts of both parties to understand the actual commercial trade. The future of e-commerce requires the cooperation of all netizens.
4. The management of e-commerce is not standardized enough
5. Tax issues
Taxation (including tariffs and taxes) is an important source of finance for a country. Since e-commerce transaction activities are conducted in an international information network environment without a fixed location, it is difficult for the country to control and collect e-commerce taxes.
6. Standard Issues
The national conditions of each country are different. Of course, there are also some differences in the transaction methods and methods of e-commerce, and we have to face borderless and global trade activities. , Therefore, it is necessary to establish relevant and unified international standards in e-commerce transaction activities to solve the interoperability issues of e-commerce activities. The current problem of China's e-commerce is that the concept is unclear. Those engaged in electronics engage in business, and those engaged in business engage in electronics. It presents a discrete, disorderly and partial state.
7. Distribution problem
Distribution is a headache for both merchants and consumers. Online shoppers often experience delivery delays and delivery costs are high.
Industry insiders pointed out that my country lacks systematic, professional, and nationwide cargo distribution companies, and the distribution and sales organization has not formed an efficient and complete distribution management system, which undoubtedly affects people's enthusiasm for shopping.
8. Intellectual Property Issues
Among the legal issues caused by e-commerce, the issue of protecting intellectual property rights bears the brunt. Since computer networks carry information in digital form, the issue of copyright protection is particularly prominent in the field of intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, etc.).
9. Legal issues of electronic contracts
In e-commerce, the written contracts used in traditional business transactions are no longer applicable. On the one hand, electronic contracts are easy to fabricate and difficult to prove their authenticity and validity; on the other hand, existing laws have not yet regulated the legal validity of digital seals and signatures in electronic contracts.
10. Identification of electronic evidence
Information in information networks is unstable or volatile, which makes it difficult to lock infringement evidence or obtain infringement when an infringement occurs on the information network. The evidence is extremely difficult, which brings great obstacles to the resolution of infringement disputes. How to ensure the stability, authenticity and validity of information in the network environment is an important factor in effectively resolving infringement disputes in e-commerce.
11. Other detailed issues
Finally, there are some irregular details, such as the current uneven prices of online products. The price of the main transaction categories varies by up to 40%; the regional differences in online store services are large; online shopping invoices are a big problem; the response speed of online stores to orders is uneven; the laws on e-commerce, the rights and obligations of all parties involved in the transaction No clear and detailed regulations have been made.