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2021年2月13日发(作者：腾冲旅游介绍)

Electronic Commerce

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Electronic Commerce

Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, consists of the

buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the

Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted

electronically has grown extraordinarily since the spread of the Internet. A wide

variety of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on

innovations in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet

marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI),

inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems.

Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at

some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider

range of technologies such as e-mail as well.A large percentage of electronic

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

onic commerce that is conducted between businesses is referred to

as Business-to-business or B2B. B2B can be open to all interested parties (e.g.

commodity exchange) or limited to specific, pre-qualified participants (private

electronic market).Electronic commerce is generally considered to be the sales

aspect of e-business. It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the

financing and payment aspects of the business transactions.

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The Advantages of Electronic Commerce

Today, the Internet is reshaping the way business transactions are

conducted. It is empowering both consumers and business by providing

expanding markets and choices to not only national, but also international

communities. It enriches competition in provide information and comparative

choices.

Buyer looking for the best deals may purchase goods from

Singapore,

the Hong Kong, Argentina or South Africa. With the Internet, the globalization

of commerce has arrived, and both consumers and corporations have more

choice to address their personal and corporate purchasing requirements. It

raises global trade and global economic growth.

The Internet is a vast new frontier of consumer-to-business and

business-to-business commerce. For consumers, Internet-based shopping

holds an attraction because of its breadth of coverage and ease of use. For

corporations, Internet-based commerce represents an as-yet largely untapped

medium for expanding and growing of their business.

Putting up a Web site to promote and display products, and then luring

online shoppers in to look around at the offerings, however, is only one

dimension of conducting business via the Internet. To realize the true potential

of electronic commerce, an effective method of receiving payment for products

sold or delivered through the Internet is a necessity. Developing and

implementing effective and simple “cyber payment” methods is a major focus

of current Internet-related research. While it is currently possible to make

purchases over the Internet, this form of commerce has got yet gained

sufficient popularity to deem it a significant factor in foreign trade. Still, it does

have potential.

The ability to order and pay for products over the Internet can

revolutionize international trade. It can provide purchasers in one country with

access to goods and services from another of which they might otherwise not

even be aware.

Since many governments restrict imports of certain products and regulate

advertising and other marketing tools within their national borders, purchasers

are often forced to choose from a limited-or even monopolistic-supply of a

desired product. With Internet access, purchasers can scour the world in

minutes to find the right product at the best price.

Until recently, however, supplier used the Internet primarily for advertising

purposes. All orders were taken either over the telephone or by mail. While this

certainly opened the door and paved the way for Internet commerce, it still

required that business be conducted through traditional methods. Shopping at

these days is easy and convenient with home shopping networks and mail

order catalogs. What has been added is Internet shopping. As you surf in the

Internet and come across

to some vendor’s home page you’ll be able to

purchase commodities.

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The Prospect of Electronic Commerce

While nobody is certain what the future will bring, we do know that the

Internet recognizes no national borders. Electronic commerce is global in

nature, so the Internet cannot help but to dramatically increase international

trade. As trust and security issues are resolved---as they continue to be each

day---companies around the world will add the software and hardware tools

required to conduct their business on- line.

Electronic commerce can only be done if the payment methods are secure

and usable. Also possible juridical issues have to be solved before commerce

can be done on a global scale.

E-commerce activity over the Internet is currently at a relatively small

fraction of what it will become. It is expected to grow almost 15 times from USD

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