Types of E-Commerce Video Lecture | E-Commerce - B Com

major types of e-commerce
the several types of e-commerce in use
today are classified based on the nature
of the transactions business-to-consumer
b2c business to business b2b consumer to
consumer c2c consumer to business c2b
business to government b2g mobile
commerce and commerce
business-to-consumer b2c
business-to-consumer ecommerce or
commerce between companies and consumers
involves customers gathering information
purchasing physical goods that is
tangible such as books or consumer
products or information goods or goods
of electronic material or digitized
content such as software or ebooks and
for information goods receiving products
over an electronic network it is the
second largest and the earliest form of
e-commerce
business-to-business b2b b2b e-commerce
is simply defined as ecommerce between
companies this is the type of e-commerce
that deals with relationships between
and among businesses about 80% of
e-commerce is of this type and most
experts predict that b2b e-commerce will
continue to grow faster than the b2c
segment the b2b market is two primary
components efj restrictor and emarketer
companies using b2b e-commerce
relationship observe cost savings by
increasing the speed reducing errors and
eliminating many manual activities
Walmart stores is an example for b2b
e-commerce Walmart's major suppliers
Procter & Gamble Johnson & Johnson and
others sell to Walmart stores
electronically all the paperwork is
handled electronically these suppliers
can access online the inventory status
in each store and refill needed products
in a timely manner in a b2b environment
purchase orders invoices inventory
status shipping logistics and business
contracts handle directly to the network
result in increased speed reduced errors
and cost savings b2b e-commerce reduces
cycle time inventory and prices and
enables business partners to share
relevant accurate and timely information
the end result is improved supply chain
management among business partners
consumer-to-consumer
c2c using c2c e-commerce consumers sell
directly to other consumers using the
internet and web technologies
individuals sell a wide variety of
services products on the web or through
auction sites such as eBay calm and get
eager calm through classified ads or by
advertising consumers are also able to
advertise their products and services in
organizational intranets and sell them
to other employees
consumer to business see to be
consumer to business ecommerce that
involves individuals selling to
businesses may include a service product
that a consumer is willing to sell
individuals offer certain prices for
specific products or services
business to government b2g
business to government ecommerce or b2g
is generally defined as commerce between
companies and the public sector it
refers to the use of the Internet for
public procurement licensing procedures
and other government related operations
this kind of e-commerce has two features
first the public sector assumes a pilot
leading role in establishing ecommerce
and second it is assumed that the public
sector has the greatest need for making
its procurement system more effective
mobile commerce and commerce m-commerce
is the buying and selling of goods and
services through wireless technology
that is handheld devices such as
cellular telephones and personal digital
assistants Japan is seen as a global
leader in M commerce as content delivery
over wireless devices become faster more
secure and scalable
some believe that M commerce will
surpass wireline ecommerce as the method
of choice for digital commerce
transactions this may well be true for
the asia-pacific where there are more
mobile phone users and there are
Internet users