What are the e-commerce models?

E-commerce can be said to be a popular industry in recent years, after continuous development, derived from a variety of different modes, such as: Taobao C2C, Vipshop B2C, Alibaba B2B, Tmall Jingdong B2B2C and other platforms, unfamiliar with the people who encountered these mode terms, it is easy to be confused. Here, I give you a comb through the meaning of each mode noun, I hope to help you.

C2C mode, refers to consumer-to-consumer e-commerce, simply put, the consumer itself provides services or products to consumers.

Currently the main C2C e-commerce platform: Taobao

B2C mode, refers to the merchant-to-consumer e-commerce, the merchant through their own online shopping malls set up to conduct transactions with customers.

Currently the main B2C e-commerce enterprises are: Vipshop

B2B mode, refers to business-to-business e-commerce, this mode and the last obvious difference is that the customer from the individual into the wholesale trade between the enterprise and the enterprise.

Currently the main B2B e-commerce enterprises: Alibaba

B2B2C mode, refers to the multi-business-to-consumer e-commerce, a platform can be more than one merchant to open a store, and the customer sales transactions.

Currently the main B2B2C e-commerce platforms are: Tmall, Jingdong and so on.

C2C, B2C, B2B, B2B2C, are but a reference, there is no need to be confused, the producer (B)-seller (B)-consumer (C), the three roles were originally interconnected, transformed into each other just in a different form.