Does e-commerce have anything to do with the Internet of Things? What is the difference?

E-commerce usually refers to a wide range of commercial trade activities around the world, in the open network environment of the Internet, based on the browser/server application, buyers and sellers do not meet to carry out a variety of commercial and trade activities, to realize the consumer's online shopping, online transactions between merchants and online electronic payments, as well as a variety of business activities, trading activities, financial activities and related integrated service activities of a A new type of business operation mode. E-commerce is a business activity utilizing microcomputer technology and network communication technology. Governments, scholars and business people have given many different definitions according to their own position and different perspectives and degrees of participation in e-commerce. However, e-commerce is not the same as business electronization.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of information sensing devices such as radio frequency identification (RFID), infrared sensors, global positioning systems, laser scanners, gas sensors, and other information sensing devices that, according to an agreed-upon protocol, connects any item to the Internet for information exchange and communication in order to realize intelligent identification, positioning, tracking, monitoring, and management. In short, the Internet of Things is the "Internet of Things".

For more definitions of e-commerce and the Internet of Things, as well as future development trends, please search Baidu's Prospect Industry Research Institute (PIRI).

2013-2017 China E-commerce Industry Market Outlook and Investment Strategy Planning Analysis Report

2013-2017 China Internet of Things Industry Investment Strategy and Investment Forecast Analysis Report

Internet of Things Industry Analysis Report

The Internet of Things is a network that connects any object to the Internet.