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Electronic Commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over the internet. The amount of trade conducted online has grown extensively and continues to grow due to the ease of use from the user perspective and the unlimited growth potential from the business perspective.
E-commerce not only consists of the shopping cart that most online stores contain, but also consists of online registration, membership fees, online bill pay and everything on the web that involves transactions of funds for goods or services.
A large amount of e-commerce is conducted entirely electronically for virtual items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way. Online retailers are sometimes known as e-tailers and online retail is sometimes known as e-tail. Almost all big retailers have electronic commerce presence on the World Wide Web. It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the financing and payment aspects of the business transactions.
Aspects of e-commerce include:
- E-tailing or "virtual storefronts" on websites with online catalogs.
- The gathering and use of demographic data through Web contacts.
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), the business-to-business exchange of data.
- email, instant messaging and social networking as media for reaching prospects and established customers.
- Business-to-business buying and selling.
Integrated Webworks focuses on understanding client’s e-commerce needs and goals. Based on that understanding we implement a custom ecommerce solution into their website or web application.
Please contact one of our project managers at 877-279-0279 to see how we can help you integrate e-commerce into your current web site or develop an e-commerce website or application.
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