This document discusses the history and future of eCommerce. It defines eCommerce as buying and selling goods and services via electronic channels, primarily the internet. It notes that while commonly thought of as online shopping, eCommerce also includes activities like searching for products online. The document outlines the origins of eCommerce over the past 30 years in various forms. It also discusses the major current forms of eCommerce like eTailing, mCommerce, tCommerce, and sCommerce. Finally, it discusses challenges to eCommerce in India like internet connectivity and payment options but predicts these challenges will lessen as technologies like wireless internet and digital payments improve.