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 Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily since the spread of the Internet. A wide variety of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on innovations in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail as well.A large percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for virtual items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way. Online retailers are sometimes known as e-tailers and online retail is sometimes known as e-tail. Almost all big retailers have electronic commerce presence on the World Wide Web.  Electronic commerce that is conducted between businesses is referred to as Business-to-business or B2B. B2B can be open to all interested parties (e.g. commodity exchange) or limited to specific, pre-qualified participants (private electronic market).Electronic commerce is generally considered to be the sales aspect of e-business. It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the financing and payment aspects of the business transactions. Bearing all of the above in mind, can your organisation afford to do without some form of E-Commerce solution. If you are a sports club, do you have the weekly pain of collecting subs? If you trade, do you have to consistently chase cash/cheque payments? A few examples where E-Commerce could alleviate these issues are as follows: Subscription/Membership Fees Payments for Services Payments for Goods (Generally but not exclusively E-Store related) A short list, but one which can be expanded greatly - basically, if you need to take any form of payment, it is much easier and faster to do it electronically. We can provide a fully integrated E-Commerce solution to meet any needs you may have. Contact us for a no obligation quote. |
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