N-GEN Communications Web-based Seminars ©NGCS

Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

Module 6 - Internet, Intranet, Extranet, e-Commerce and Web Services                                      Slide 34 of 70 _________________                                                                                  __________

                                            Electronic - Commerce Types

                                        Business - to - Business

                                        Business - to - Consumer

                                        Consumer - to - Consumer

                                        Consumer - to - Business

                                        Non - business

                                        Intra - business

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The new breed of computing is helping organizations, private and public, to do business electronically by using the Internet. All the business transactions take place via telecommunications network.  e-Commerce has become a significant global economic driver in the 21st century. e-Commerce takes many forms. Most common types are Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer.

Business-to-Business - Includes electronic market transactions between organizations. Most corporations see considerable cost savings by making transactions with other organizations and their own processes electronic.

Business-to-Consumer - Includes retailing transactions with individual shoppers over the Internet. Typical examples are buying books from Indigo and Amazon, computer systems from Dell and IBM.

Consumer-to-Consumer - Includes consumers selling directly to other consumers. Several auction sites, like e-Bay, allow individuals to place their items for sell.

Consumer-to-Business - Includes individuals selling products and services to organizations.

Non-business - Includes academic institutions, religious organizations, social organizations and government agencies using e-commerce to reduce their costs.

Intra-business - Includes all internal organizational activities such as exchange of services and information.