What is E-Commerce

This is the activity of electronically buying and selling of products on online services or over the internet.

The service to be granted with any online payment such as credit card through a local government website.

It is a web platform for electronic transactions of services and goods.

E-commerce is the term used to describe the initiation, negotiation, and processing of transactions via the Internet. In the context of this book chapter, this includes, unless otherwise stated, especially transactions between companies and consumers (business-to-consumer/B2C).

This term is used to describe the buying and selling of goods and services online.

A system used to conduct business transactions of buying and selling goods and services over a computer network.

Transactions conducted on the internet.

The act of conducting business transactions over networks and through computers.

The business-related activities conducted over electronic formats such as internet and other computing networks.

All commercial transactions carried out over the Internet.

It is the process of buying and selling products or services over the Internet.

Conducting traditional business transactions over an electronic or online medium.

E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the purchasing and selling of products and services, as well as the transfer of payments or data, through an electronic network, most notably the internet.

A business in which ICTs are used to increase sales, business efficiency and create a base for new products and services.

Process of buying, selling, or exchanging products, services, and/or information via computer networks, mostly the Internet and intranets (Turban et al., 2011, p. 48).

Transactions conducted on the internet.

Using electronic/wireless network to conduct online transaction - buying, selling, online payment and delivery of goods and services. It extends to m-commerce where transactions are conducted via mobile devices.

“Electronic Commerce is the application of communication records, security infrastructures, digital money, electronic shopping malls, electronic data exchange, smart cards, mobile and/or intelligent agents, negotiation records and strategies, electronic notaries, certification authorities, inter-organizational workflow management, electronic contracts and many other technologies for initiation and implementation of business operations on the Internet.” (Merz, 2002, p. 20)

Business transactions conducted over the internet.

An Internet-based trading activity.

Electronic commerce is an online marketplace to trade goods.

An internet-based platform to buy or sell a product.

This is the activity of electronically buying and selling of products on online services or over the internet.

All electronically mediated transactions between business and its stakeholders.

E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the internet.

Buy and sell transactions mediated in a Web-based environment. Transactions are classified as business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B), and consumer-to-consumer (C2C).

Any business activity that can be conducted over the web.

( Electronic-Commerce ) : Buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web ( WhatIs, 2004 ).

Refers to buying and selling over the Internet

It also known as electronic commerce or internet commerce, it refers to the buying and selling of goods or services using the internet, and the transfer of money and data to execute these transactions. E-commerce is often used to refer to the sale of physical products online, but it can also describe any kind of commercial transaction that is facilitated through the internet.

Is the buying and selling of information, products and services via computer networks and especially the Internet.

It is a model of business that allows individuals and organizations to trade online.

An integral part of e-commerce is the capability of connecting to consumers electronically throughout the world by means of the Internet. E-commerce is a relatively new marketplace phenomenon that has resulted in considerable interest among the corporate world as well as business educators. A considerable number of graduates of business education programs are likely to find employment in an electronic working environment designed to enhance the speed and convenience of business transactions. Business educators are considering ways to bring more e-commerce topics into courses to better prepare students for business world to encompass the realities of this emerging business model.

Electronic commerce is the trading over internet networks. It allows brands with an online presence to expand internationally without moving.

The conduct of business communications and transactions through electronic devices (computers, laptops, smartphones, and tablets). It consists of sale and purchase of goods and services via digital communication.

The corporate strategy of promoting and selling goods and/or services via electronic channels.

E-commerce is defined as the conduct of buying and selling of products and services by businesses and consumers over the internet. E simply means anything done electronically, usually via the Internet. E-commerce is the means of selling goods on the Internet, using Web pages.

This is understood to mean a process of conducting business or commerce in the electronic environment. In other words, it is the use of ICT to conduct commerce, e.g., concluding contract online, to buy various goods or services online, etc.

Business transactions, engaging in the sales of goods and service for financial compensation, conducted through the Internet. Examples include some of the forerunners of e-commerce, Amazon.com ®, and E-bay.com ®.

Electronic commerce is the use of innovations in information and communication technology to facilitate business transactions or buying and selling activities on the Internet.

Any form of transaction or exchange of information for commercial purposes in which the parties interact using Information and Communications Technology (ICT). That is, the distribution, sale, marketing and delivering of information about products or services over the Internet.

It is the production, promotion, sales, insurance, distribution and payment transactions of goods and services through computer networks.

Exchange of money for goods and services over the Internet. Examples include citizens paying taxes, and government buying office supplies via the Internet.

Trading in products or services happening on the Internet.

According to the American Marketing Association (AMA), an e-commerce strategy incorporates various elements of the marketing mix to drive users to a Web site for the purpose of purchasing a product or service.

Means selling or purchasing over internet.

Activities related to the buying and selling of goods or services over the internet, including ordering of goods and services online and ancillary activities that support such transactions, including the interaction between businesses across the supply chain.

Any form of transaction or exchange of information for commercial purposes in which the parties interact using information and communications technology (ICT). That is, the distribution, sale, marketing and delivery of information about products or services over the Internet.

All commercial transactions carried out over the internet.

All electronically mediated transactions between business and its stakeholders.

Electronic commerce is any business transaction with customers, suppliers or external partners conducted via electronic systems such as the Internet, intranet or extranet or via proprietary systems.

already a discipline for research and development in commerce and information technology. The simple definition for e-commerce is doing business online. E-commerce can be also defined as the exchange of information, goods or services within business through the use of Internet technology (Sun & Finnie, 2004, p. 47). Usually, e-commerce and e-business is used interchangeably.

Any use of ICT by businesses or consumers.

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems.

The buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet.

Any form of transaction or exchange of information for commercial purposes in which the parties interact using information and communications technology (ICT). That is, the distribution, sale, marketing and delivering of information about products or services over the Internet.

Buying and selling of products or services conducted over internet and other computer networks.

A business model involving exchange of goods and services using internet and computer-mediated equipment.

Comprises all types of transactions including purchasing, selling, and exchanging of information and services via the computer between the business organisation and other third parties.

Buying and selling products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

E-commerce refers to conducting business communication and transactions over networks and through computer technology or buying and selling goods and services (also known as e-business), and transferring funds through digital communications.

E-commerce refers to the electronic purchase and sale of goods using online services via the Internet.

E-commerce relates to a wide range of business activities made online that include products and services. Online activities include any business transactions that comprise the interaction between parties that are made electronically instead of physical purchase or direct physical contact ( Andam, 2003 ).

Economic transactions taking place through the Internet.

Commercial activities associated with Internet or Web-based platforms in different forms.

Electronic commerce – doing business electronically.

The business activity of trading products or services online.

The process of buying, selling or exchanging products, services and/or information through computer networks.

describes the process of buying, selling, or exchanging products, services, and information via computer networks, including the Internet.

A type of industry where the buying and selling of products or services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

Transactions conducted on the internet.

Using electronic network (primary internet) for making any financial transactions such as buying and selling of goods and services.

The sale of goods and services marketed through online platforms. Over the years it is a mode that has increasingly taken hold; e-commerce allows the vendor to significantly reduce the prices of the final product and the players on the market are constantly increasing, from the giants Amazon and eBay to the specialized online store.

Any transaction in which at least one of the following activities– production, distribution, marketing, sale, or delivery–takes place by electronic means.

It is related to buying and selling goods and services via Internet where business transactions between businesses, business and customers, customers and customers, customers and businesses occur.

Commerce conducted over the internet or through other means of electronic transfer.

The use of the Internet for doing business between and among individuals or organizations or between or among the firsts and seconds.

Consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

The act of conducting business transactions over networks and through computers.

The activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the internet.

E-commerce refers to conducting business communication and transactions over networks and through computer technology or buying and selling goods and services (also known as e-business), and transferring funds through digital communications.

The use of digital information technologies for supporting information, communication and transaction processes between network participants in order to offer and sell goods and services.

Commercial transactions that take place over the internet. It can be analyzed either from the perspective of those selling (e-selling) or those buying (e-buying).

E-commerce or ecommerce consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. It can involve electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, e-marketing, online marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange, automated inventory management systems, and automated data-collection systems. It typically uses electronic communications technology such as the Internet, extranets, e-mail, e-books, databases, and mobile phones.

Is here defined as “the sharing of business information, maintaining business relationships, and conducting business transactions by means of telecommunications networks. Here e-commerce is equivalent to Internet commerce.

Doing traditional business over the Internet.

Platform for purchasing goods or services online.

The activity of electronically selling or buying products or services over the Internet.

Those business activities related to the actual buying and selling of goods and services among organizations over the Internet. E-commerce has been defined as “the buying and selling of information, products and services via computer networks” (Kalakota & Whinston, 1996, p. 1) or the application of ICTs with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of the business relationships between trading partners (Kalakota & Whinston, 1997). E-commerce systems can be divided according to whether or not it is internally and externally integrated (Kalakota & Whinston, 1996). Internal integration refers to processes and systems within an organization, while external integration refers to the integration of processes and systems with other organizational partners. Types of external integration have previously included EDI systems, but the advent of the Internet has created new systems for B2B and B2C e-business.

Is the process of buying and selling products, services and even information over the internet, between business-to-consumer, business-to-business, consumer-to-consumer, or consumer-to-business.

Electronic commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds over an electronic network, primarily the internet. These business transactions occur either as business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), consumer-to-consumer or consumer-to-business.

It is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web.

Commerce conducted electronically.

Any form of business transaction in which parties interact electronically rather than through direct contact.

Electronic commerce or e-commerce consists of the buying, selling, distributing, marketing, and servicing of products or services over computer networks such as the Internet.

Electronic commerce which is a concept that has been started to be an important explanatory component of economic growth via innovations in information technology in recent years, is defined as the production, advertisement and distribution of goods and services through telecommunication networks and these developments in information technology enhance volume of e-commerce applications.

Electronic trading is a form of trading that substantially uses modern electronic means of communication to carry out business transactions (with its own organizational units, with suppliers, and with customers). The basic infrastructure is the internet; however, other electronic means are often used, such as e-mail, telephone or payment cards.

A wide variety of Internet-based business models and various elements of the marketing mix to drive users to a website for the purpose of purchasing a product or service (American Marketing Association, 2015).

E-commerce can be defined as a concept that describes the process of buying, selling or exchanging, products, services and information via computer networks including the internet.

Electronic commerce.

Buying and selling of products or services conducted over Internet and other computer networks.

Consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

E-commerce is the process of exchange of value mainly through buying and selling of goods and services using the internet.

Electronic commerce is the exercise of buying and selling of goods and services through the internet pages as websites and applications.

A technological tool used by companies to do business via the Internet, buying, distributing, selling products and offering services electronically. Also known as the new way of doing business, online.

Transactions processed using the Internet; regardless of transaction type.

Transactions that utilize various technologies through devises such as personal computers, tablets, and mobile phones in business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B), consumer-to-consumer (C2C) and business-to-government (B2G) for diverse activities on the electronic platform ranging from taking customer orders, processing payments, providing customer service and marketing related activities.

Commercial interaction through a digital channel.

Buying and selling products and services via internet.

Any form of business transaction in which the parties interact electronically rather than by physical exchanges or direct physical contact.

Buying or selling of goods or services over Internet

the processing of business transactions using computer networks, including the Internet.

Refers to a business model that allows companies and individuals to buy and sell goods and services over the Internet.

It is some kind of activity to run the Commercial transactions on mainly the internet.

Dynamics of digital commerce.

The buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) refers to companies and individuals that buy and sell goods and services online using the Internet.

Constitutes the operations of buying, selling, or interchange of goods, services, or information through internet.

Refers to the buying and selling of experiences using the internet, and the transfer of money and data to execute these transactions.

Consists of the distribution, sale, purchase, marketing and supply of information products and services through Internet.

The corporate strategy of promoting and selling goods and/or services via electronic channels such as the Internet.

E-commerce is a short form for electronic commerce, which is the process of buying and selling goods and services online.

The buying and selling of commercial goods; the conduct of financial transactions using digital communications and electronic networks such as the World Wide Web; and aspects of sharing of business information, maintenance of business relationships, and provision of information services.

A business model that is conducted over the Internet in which clients are able to participate in all phases of a purchase decision. Electronic commerce can be between two businesses transmitting funds, goods, services or between a business and a customer.

The buying and selling of goods and services online.

The process of buying or selling a good or service digitally through an internet enabled platform.

An exchange of goods and services electronically. It must involve an exchange of value. E-commerce is available to individuals, businesses, and government through a wide range of Internet services. Typically, a product or service is offered on a website and promoted through social media and other media. Payment can be made using a variety of trusted intermediaries such as banks, card services companies and mobile wallets.

Electronic commerce is the purchasing and selling of goods and services on the internet, particularly the world wide web. e-commerce is one factor of e-business that has the potential to include monetary transactions.

E-commerce, short for electronic commerce, is trading in products or services using computer networks, such as the Internet.

The use of Internet as medium to conduct exchange of products or services. In border sense enable commercial transaction between organization and individuals.

Economic transactions using the internet or electronic means to conduct business. Transactions include business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-consumer and consumer-to-business.

Trading products or services using computerized systems over networks.

This concept is linked to business side of government interactions. In e-commerce the exchange of money for goods and services is conducted over the Internet. For example, citizens paying taxes, renewing vehicle registrations, and auctioning surplus equipment (through online purchasing, e-procurement).

Purchasing and selling products and services online.

Any commercial transaction (e.g., buying and selling goods) conducted in an electronic network, primarily the Internet.

Is the scope of the economy which includes all the financial and trade transactions, carried out with the aid of computer networks, and business processes related to such transactions.

The buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet.

buying and selling products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet.

Is trading in products and/or services using computer networks, such as the Internet, intranet and extranet.

Conducting commercial transactions on the Internet, where goods, information or services are bought and then paid for.

All forms of business activities for buying and selling goods or services on the Internet.

E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web.

Transactions conducted on the internet.

Is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the internet. electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (edi), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. e-commerce is in turn driven by the technological advances of the semiconductor industry, and is the largest sector of the electronics industry.

Consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks

Buying and selling of goods and services using internet, also referred as E-commerce or Electronic Commerce.

Transactions can be performed at any time, with the use of the Internet however, they are not instantaneous, and consumers do not have automatic access to the product.

The term electronic commerce (e-commerce) refers to a business model that allows companies and individuals to buy and sell goods and services over the Internet. E-commerce operates in four major market segments and can be conducted over computers, tablets, smartphones, and other smart devices.

The conducting of business transactions over networks and through computers.

A division of trade, consisting of buying and selling products and services over an electronic system such as Internet.

Any form of business transaction in which the parties interact, totally or partially, through electronic tools.

Refers to any form of business transaction conducted online.