E Commerce

Introduction

E‐Commerce is a latest technology related with commerce and computer. Commerce is the exchange or transformation or buying and selling of entities (goods or commodities) on a very large scale involving transportation from one place to another. [Webster] E‐ Commerce is the process of doing business online. Or we can say that E‐commerce is to conduct business by using the IT (Information technology, i.e., computer technology and electronic communication) it is the buying and selling of items or goods or services on the Web using electronic communication and digital information processing technology. EDI or Electronic Data Interchange is an early form of e‐commerce. Its high cost, use of proprietary standards etc. hampered the spread of e‐commerce.