What is the definition of e-commerce?

E-commerce is a business activity using microcomputer technology and network communication technology.

1. E-commerce in a narrow sense (referred to as EC) refers to global business activities conducted by using electronic tools such as the Internet (these tools include telegraph, telephone, radio, television, fax, computer, computer network, mobile communication, etc.). ).

2. In a broad sense, the word e-commerce comes from e-commerce, that is, business activities conducted by electronic means.

Extended data:

1. E-commerce is the transaction process of business activities conducted by electronic means with business activities as the main body and computer networks as the basis within the scope permitted by law.

2. The value of e-commerce lies in allowing consumers to shop and pay online through the network, saving time and space for customers and enterprises, greatly improving transaction efficiency and saving a lot of precious time, especially for busy office workers.

At first, e-commerce didn't happen on the website, but on newsgroups and emails, but now the main battlefield of e-commerce has turned to the website.

4.B2B refers to business-to-business e-commerce, that is, business-to-business e-commerce, and B2C (business-to-customer) is a kind of e-commerce classified by transaction objects, that is, e-commerce between commercial institutions and consumers.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia _ e-commerce Baidu encyclopedia _ e-commerce operation