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2. e-Commerce is the buying and selling of
products for services using an electronic
medium like internet.
1995 was the year when eCommerce started
getting popularized with the launch of ebay
and amazon.
Website/Portal
CustomerBusiness
Connects business to the customer
3. eCommerce can be classified as per below
◦ Basis Business Model
◦ Basis offerings
◦ Basis their Inception
4. B2B – Two companies are doing business
together. E.g indiamart, alibaba
B2C – Business to customer e.g. amazon,
flipkart
C2B – Customer to business e.g. elance.com
C2C – customer to customer, e.g. olx,
craigslist
Others – This type of ecommerce business
may include B2E, G2G, G2E, G2B, B2G, G2C,
C2G etc.
5. Products – This type of ecommerce involve
buying and selling of goods online. E.g.
amazon.com, flipkart.com
Services – This type of business provide
services using online medium. E.g uber, ola
etc.
Classifieds – This can also be included in
services, though this are companies which
specifically provide online classifieds e.g.
craigslist, olx etc.
6. This categorization is based on how the
business started.
◦ Pure Click – Companies which started as online only
can be classified under this. E.g. amazon.
◦ Bricks and clicks – These are companies which had
offline presence but also started online websites
e.g. walmart which started walmart.com
◦ Click to brick – This companies though started
online later also opened offline stores. E.g. athleta,
lenskart etc.
7. Some important Software requirements
◦ Browser – for customer end use.
◦ Databases – for data collections
◦ CMS – for content management
◦ OMS – for order management
◦ ERP – for supply chain planning
Some important Hardware requirements
◦ Servers - For websites and hosting
◦ Computers/Laptops – for employee use
*these are some key requirements, actual requirements may vary depending upon the type of
business
8. Alibaba – World’s biggest online retailer,
though it includes both B2B and B2c model
Amazon – World’s largest B2C eCommerce
company
Uber – World’s biggest taxi aggregator
services company.
Elance – One of the first and biggest C2B
ecommerce company
Craigslist – One of the first and biggest C2C
ecommerce.