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What is Social Commerce

Chapter 111
Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
A part of e-commerce that uses social media to support interaction between business and consumers.
Published in Chapter:
Consumers' Adoption of Online Shopping in China
Yi Cai (California State University – Northridge, USA)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9787-4.ch111
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Chapter 249
Social Commerce Using Social Network and E-Commerce
An emerging approach of e-commerce that involves using social network to supports social interaction, to assist in the online buying, to facilitate discussion between seller and between buyer and seller or buyer and his friends.
Published in Chapter: Social Commerce Using Social Network and E-Commerce; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 4
Humans and Digital Technologies in the Omnichannel Post-COVID-19 Era
The delivery of e-commerce activities and transactions via social media.
Published in Chapter: Humans and Digital Technologies in the Omnichannel Post-COVID-19 Era; From: Handbook of Research on Global Networking Post COVID-19
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Chapter 40
Do User-Generated Social Shopping Website Features Contribute to Website Aims?
Type of electronic commerce in which consumers are involved in company processes as for example a developer, consultant, or sales assistant. Social commerce extends e-commerce with a cooperation and communication dimension related to all phases of a transaction.
Published in Chapter: Do User-Generated Social Shopping Website Features Contribute to Website Aims?; From: Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
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Chapter 148
An Overview of Social Media
The integration of social media as a part of e-commerce platforms.
Published in Chapter: An Overview of Social Media; From: Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
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Chapter 157
The Valuable Alliance between Social Media and E-Commerce: Social Networks as a Tool for Transparency, Dialogue, and Sales
Selling through social media, adding a social component to the advantages of e-commerce. It relies on the interaction the company has with its customers and that they have with other users, motivating and participating actively in the act of purchasing products and services.
Published in Chapter: The Valuable Alliance between Social Media and E-Commerce: Social Networks as a Tool for Transparency, Dialogue, and Sales; From: Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
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Chapter 61
Social Commerce Design
An Internet-based commercial application, leveraging social media and web 2.0 technologies which support social interaction and customer generated content in order to assist customers in their decision making and acquisition of products and services within online marketplaces and communities.
Published in Chapter: Social Commerce Design; From: Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
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Chapter 3
Impact of E-Commerce on the Urban Landscape
A subset of e-commerce that employs social media as a tool for product reviews and recommendations. The social networks utilized in the context of e-commerce transactions.
Published in Chapter: Impact of E-Commerce on the Urban Landscape; From: Strategies and Tools for Managing Connected Consumers
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Chapter 18
How Social Media is Transforming Marketing?
A form of e-commerce that uses social media and social networks.
Published in Chapter: How Social Media is Transforming Marketing?; From: Handbook of Research on Managerial Thinking in Global Business Economics
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Chapter 228
Social Commerce Using Social Network and E-Commerce
An emerging approach of e-commerce that involves using social network to supports social interaction, to assist in the online buying, to facilitate discussion between seller and between buyer and seller or buyer and his friends.
Published in Chapter: Social Commerce Using Social Network and E-Commerce; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 16
The Landscape of Social Commerce in Indonesia
A type of electronic commerce that relies on social media platforms to conduct transactions and interact with customers.
Published in Chapter: The Landscape of Social Commerce in Indonesia; From: Handbook of Research on the Platform Economy and the Evolution of E-Commerce
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Chapter 13
Challenges and Opportunities for the Social Commerce: The MO Case
E-commerce on social networking platforms, makes it possible to shop on popular social networks where people usually interconnect.
Published in Chapter: Challenges and Opportunities for the Social Commerce: The MO Case; From: Management and Marketing for Improved Retail Competitiveness and Performance
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