What is E-commerce ? What kind of services do E-commerce companies provide?

[Khalid]

I've googled it, but still dont understand it.

Im looking for a non-textual answer.


Thanks
Do E-commerece companies create a website for you and advertise it ?

[Gunglee]

E-commerce is performing trade that is selling and buying via internet. For example we can say EBay where people do such trade. There are many kind of services they can provide like i said selling their tangible items like different kind of products on alibaba.com, tradekey.com and also non tangible services like paying via a credit card on internet

[windgate]

E commerce is what companies call ...

Well it works like this. Take for example SMC they offer E commerce but at a cost to the people that have signed up for that company. SMC CHARGES a fee of some where between $450.00 to $500.00 TO GET STARTED. Then they send you catalogs of products you can sell. They give you different price list. The cheapest is your price list, then there is the golden rod list. That is slightly higher priced if you want to let john doe sell from the catalog, than you get the cheaper price while john doe pays the higher price but you still make a profit from the sale. The e commerce come in as a web site that the company will let you use to sell your products. But it is usually about 25.00 per month to use the web site. That way people may find your web site, even in the middle of the night and order from it. The company then drop ships the item to it's new customer. You don't need to handle the product to mail it to it's new owner. There are restocking fees if the item goes back to the company. Be careful with this company. Many things look like they came from dollar tree with ten dollar price tags.

There are other companies that have e commerce. Usually there is a monthly fee to use there web site. Some have marketing programs also. But again a monthly fee. For example: Ambit is a program that hires marketing consultants. The marketing consultant will offer reduced gas and electric prices to people that have gas and electric bills. They have an e commerce web site that people can change there service with out interruption of service. The marketing consultant makes money for switching people over and also can hire more marketing consultants. Some people make big money on this. BUT! Eventually there will be so many marketing consultants that people are stepping on each others toes so to speak. This company is not active in every state.

This is just some idea of what e commerce is. Hope this helps.

[Micheal]

eCommerce, which is short for electronic commerce, is the process used to distribute, buy, sell or market goods and services, and the transfer of funds online, through electronic communications or networks. Electronic commerce is commonly referred to as Online commerce, Web commerce, eBusiness, eRetail, eTailing, e-tailing, ecommerce, eCommerce, e-commerce, ecom or EC.

The processes involved with conducting business on the Internet and opening an eCommerce shop to sell from have several benefits to both merchants and the customers who buy from them. The biggest benefits of conducting business Online include a cheaper upfront cost to the merchant, it's easier to set up and open the store and it's faster to get an Online business up, running and making sales.