Types of e-commerce

As stated by assistant professor Gupta in International journal of computing and corporate research, there are five major e-commerce types:

·       (B2B) Business-to-business- commerce between companies. As an example, Samworth brothers bakery is buyin raw materials from other busnisses to make thair own product.

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·        (B2C) Business to-consumer- trading between companies and consumers, for example amazon is B2C.

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·       (B2G) Business-to-goverment- trading between companies and public sector, as example, marrige and birth registartion service.

·       (C2C) Consumer-to-consumer- commerce between private consumers/ individuals. As example, parcel monkey parcel delivery service.

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·        Mobile commerce (m-commerce)- is the buying and selling of goods and services through wireless technology, such as online banking.

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References 

Gupta, A., (2014) ' E-commerce: Role of e-commerce in todays business', International Journal of Computing and Corporate Research, 4 (1), Available at: Microsoft Word - 10.docx (ijccr.com). (Accessed: 12 January 2023).