What is the difference between doing business and selling things?

In more popular terms, "business" refers to the business that all industries need to handle, but it usually refers to the sales business, because any company unit still mainly sells products, services and technologies. The ultimate goal of "business" is "selling products for profit".

Sales is a Chinese word with the pinyin of xiāo shòu, which refers to the act of providing products or services to a third party by selling, leasing or any other means, including related auxiliary activities to promote this behavior, such as advertising, promotion, exhibition, service and other activities. In other words, sales refers to the activities of realizing the production results of enterprises and serving customers.

3. Differences in meaning

Running a business is an act of selling goods or services to customers or users, which generally refers to one-to-one or one-to-many sales promotion. Employees who run enterprises are usually called salespeople.

Sales: refers to the act of providing products or services to a third party by selling, leasing or any other means, including related auxiliary activities, such as advertising, promotion, exhibition, service and so on, to promote this behavior.

3. Different pertinence

Doing business is the act of selling goods or services to customers or users, which generally refers to one-to-one or one-to-many sales promotion. People who run businesses are generally called salesmen.

Sales: refers to the act of providing products or services to a third party by selling, leasing or any other means, including related auxiliary activities, such as advertising, promotion, exhibition, service and so on, to promote this behavior.

Reference source; Baidu Encyclopedia-Sales (technical terms and legal definitions)

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