What are the connections and differences between traditional commerce and e-commerce?

The difference between e-commerce and traditional commerce is mainly reflected in:

1. In terms of forms and channels, e-commerce mainly focuses on online platform sales, while traditional commerce mainly focuses on offline sales.

2. In traditional commerce, the manufacturer is the business center, while in e-commerce environment, the seller is the business subject.

3. The circulation mechanism of commodities is different.

4. The geographical scope involved is different.

The connection between traditional commerce and e-commerce is that online and offline are complementary now, and the boundaries are getting flatter and flatter. Don't pay too much attention to the difference between traditional business and e-commerce. If the two are combined, they should be mutually reinforcing.

E-commerce:

E-commerce is a commercial activity centered on commodity exchange by means of information network technology; It can also be understood as trading activities and related services conducted on the Internet, Intranet and VAN (Value-added Network), which are electronic, networked and informationized in all aspects of traditional business activities.

E-commerce usually refers to a new business operation mode in which buyers and sellers conduct various business activities without meeting each other in a wide range of business and trade activities around the world under the open network environment of the Internet, and realize online shopping for consumers, online trading for merchants and online electronic payment, as well as various business activities, trading activities, financial activities and related comprehensive service activities. E-commerce is a business activity using microcomputer technology and network communication technology. Governments, scholars and business people in various countries have given many different definitions according to their respective positions and different angles and degrees of participation in e-commerce. E-commerce is divided into ABC, B2B, B2C, C2C, B2M, M2C, B2A (namely B2G), C2A (namely C2G), O2O e-commerce mode and so on.