This document discusses e-commerce and m-commerce. It defines e-commerce as commercial transactions conducted electronically over the internet, noting it began growing rapidly in 1995. M-commerce is defined as buying and selling goods and services through wireless devices like smartphones. The main differences between the two are the devices used and payment methods, with m-commerce utilizing mobile apps and digital wallets. M-commerce is growing much faster than e-commerce, at a 45% compound annual growth rate compared to 13%. Key web technologies that support m-commerce are discussed, including HTML5, ASP, PHP, CGI, Perl, and JavaScript.
4. Facts
Began in 1995 and grew
at an annual rate of 16%
Rapid growth led to
market bubble
While many companies
failed, many survived
with soaring revenues
E-commerce is the
fastest growing form of
retail trade in U.S,
Europe, Asia
6. What is Mobile Commerce?
Buying & selling of goods and services through wireless
handheld devices such as smartphones, tablets, & hybrid
devices.
7. Differences Between eCommerce &
mCommerce
Particulars eCommerce Mobile Commerce
Devices Used
Primarily desktops &
laptops
Smartphones, Personal
Digital Assistants (PDAs),
tablets and hybrid devices.
Payment Modes
Credit/Debit cards, net
banking, gift coupons,
promo codes, etc.
Same as eCommerce. Also
includes digital wallets.
Mobile wallets and in-app
payments.
Technology
Web technologies like PHP,
HTML, mobile responsive
websites.
Mobile applications
developed on Android, iOS,
Windows, PhoneGap,
cross-platforms, etc.
8. State of Affairs
• E-Commerce
eCommerce has grown at 13%
Compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
in between 2013 to 2016.
• M-Commerce
Mobile commerce has grown at 45%
CAGR in between 2013 to 2016.
eComm m-Comm
45%
13%
9. Advantages of M-Commerce
Faster buying/selling procedure, as well as easy to find
products.
Buying/selling 24/7.
More reach to customers, there is no theoretical
geographic limitations.
Low operational costs and better quality of services.
Customers can easily select products from different
providers without moving around physically.
10. Web Technologies used in
M-Commere
• WAP/Mobile Web
For mobile Web access, WAP 2.0 has been available on
most feature phones since 2004.
• WAP 2.0 provides a mobile experience much closer to a
desktop and laptop Web experience than the original
WAP standards did, but it is still different enough that a
WAP experience and Web experience will not be exactly
the same.
11. Programming Languages used :
• HTML5
HTML5 is the ideal programming language if you are
looking to build a Web-fronted app for mobile devices.
• ASP:
ASP (Active Server Pages), Created by Microsoft to
develop dynamic web pages, applications and web
services.
• PHP:
PHP (Hypertext Pre-processor) is a server side scripting
language designed for web development to produce
dynamic web pages. In the recent times, for most of the
web application PHP development India becomes the
obvious choice for various ecommerce and web portal
designers.
12. • CGI:
CGI (Common Gateway Interface) similar to ASP and
PHP, is one of the most widely user server
applications on the internet. CGI applications can be
written in any programming languages like C, C++,
Java, Perl etc. to design & develop dynamic and
interactive web pages.
• Perl:
Perl is a script based programming language that offers
huge number of uses to web application development
technology.
• JSP/JavaScript:
The main feature of JavaScript scripting language
is that it can be used to create dynamic HTML codes
and almost every popular browsers support this web
technology.