TOPIC

E-COMMERCE
Group Members
 Hina
 Iram
 Rashida
 Farah
INTRODUCTION

E commerce is known as
Electronic Commerce.It is a
type ofindustry where buying
and selling product or
service is conducted over
electronic systems such as
the internet and other
computer.
DEFINITION

E commerce is about business

electrically and encompasses
many diverse activities both in
the business to business market
and in the business to consumer
market .Activities includes
electronic trading of goods and
services,online delivery of digital
content,electronic fund
transfer,electronic shares trading
etc.
HISTORY OF E-COMMERCE
Late 1970's and early 1980's electronic data interchange
(EDI) for e commerce to transmit data from one business to
another within companies.
1990 Tim Berners writes the first web browser using next
computer.
1994 Pizza Hut offers pizza ordering on its web site.
1995 Jeff Bezons launches AMAZON.COM
1998 Electronic postel stemps can be purchased from the
web.
2008 E commerce sales projected to reach 5204 billions an
increase of 17 percent over 2007.
TYPES OF E-COMMERCE

• BUSINESS TO
BUSINESS (B2B)
• BUSINESS TO
CONSUMER (B2C)
• BUSINESS TO
GOVERNMENT (B2G)
B2B E-COMMERCE

• B2B e commerce is simply

defined as e-commerce
b/w companies.About
80%of e-commerce is of
this type.
• EXAMPLE
• Intel selling
microprocessor to dell
B2C E-COMMERCE

• Business to consumer e-
commerce involves
customers gathering
information purchasing
goods or receiving
products over an
electronic network.
• EXAMPLE
• Dell selling me a laptop
B2G E-COMMERCE

• Business to government e commerce is generally

defined as commerce b/w companies and public
sector
• EXAMPLE
• Business pay taxes,file reports,sales goods and
services to government agencies
ADVANTAGES OF E-COMMERCE
Faster Buying and Selling procedure as well as easy to find products.
More reach to customers .
Low operational cost.
No need of physical company set ups.
Easy to start and manage a business.
Customers can easily select products.
DISADVANTAGES OF E-COMMERCE

Unable to examine products

personally.
Not every one is connected
to the internet.
This is the possibility of
credit card theft.
Mechanical failures can
cause unpredictable effects
on the total processes.