E-commerce allows buying and selling of goods and services over electronic networks like the internet. It provides advantages like faster transactions, lower costs, and global reach. However, disadvantages include security issues, lack of privacy, tax complications, and cultural obstacles. Online shopping is a form of e-commerce that lets consumers directly purchase from sellers via websites or apps. Common online payment methods are net banking, debit/credit cards, e-wallets, and payment service providers. Podcasting involves episodic spoken audio files that users can download to listen on devices, while blogs are informal websites with diary-style text entries displayed in reverse chronological order.

1. E-COMMERCE, BLOGGING AND
PODCASTING

2. E-COMMERCE:
Electronic Commerce is
the buying and selling of
goods and services, or the
transmitting of funds or
data, over an electronic
network, primarily the
internet.

4. Advantages:
Faster buying process.
Store and product listing creation.
Cost reduction.
Affordable advertising and marketing.
Flexibility for customers.
No reach limitations.
Product and price comparison.
Faster response to buyer/market demands.

5. Disadvantages:
Security. The biggest drawback of e-commerce is the
issue of security. ...
Lack of privacy. Many websites do not have high
encryption for secure online transaction or to protect
online identity. ...
Tax issue. ...
Fear. ...
Product suitability. ...
Cultural obstacles. ...
High Labour cost. ...
Legal issues.

6. E-SHOPPING:
Online shopping is a form
of electronic commerce which allows
consumers to directly buy goods or
services from a seller over
the Internet using a web browser or a
mobile app. ... Online stores usually
enable shoppers to use "search"
features to find specific models,
brands or items.

7. Modes of online payment:
NET BANKING
DEBIT CARD
CREDIT CARD
SMART CARD
Digital Middle Man
Electronic wallet
PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER

8. E-BANKING:
E-banking is a product designed for the
purposes of online banking that enables
you to have easy and safe access to your
bank account. E-banking is a safe, fast,
easy and efficient electronic service that
enables you access to bank account and
to carry out online banking services, 24
hours a day, and 7 days a week

9. E-TICKETING:
An electronic ticket, often called e-
ticket, is the
digital ticket equivalent of a
paper ticket. The term is most
commonly associated with airline
issued tickets. Electronic
ticketing for urban or rail public
transport is usually referred to as
travel card or transit pass.

10. BLOG:
A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a
discussion or informational website
published on the World Wide Web
consisting of discrete, often informal
diary-style text entries (posts). Posts
are typically displayed in reverse
chronological order, so that the most
recent post appears first, at the top of
the web page.

11. WEB FEED:
On the World Wide Web, a web
feed (or news feed) is a data format
used for providing users with
frequently updated content. ... As web
feeds are designed to be machine-
readable rather than human-readable
they can also be used to automatically
transfer information from one website
to another without any human
intervention.

12. PODCASTING:
A podcast is an episodic series of
spoken word digital audio files that
a user can download to a personal
device for easy listening. Streaming
applications
and podcasting services provide a
convenient and integrated way to
manage a personal consumption
queue across many podcast sources
and playback devices.