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A PRESENTATION ON E-COMMERCE
Table ofContents • E-CommerceOverview • Definition ofe-commerce • Brief history ofe-commerce • E-CommerceCategories • Two majorcategories • Othercategories • Benefits ofE-Commerce • Benefits toorganizations • Benefits toconsumers • Businessapplications • Onlineshopping • Interesting facts andfigures • Summary andConclusion
E-CommerceOverview • Definition ofE-Commerce • Brief History ofE-Commerce
Definition ofE-Commerce • E-Commerce or Electronic commerce isa process of buying, selling, transferring, or exchangingproducts, services, and/or information via electronic networks andcomputers. • Theexchangeofgoodsandservicesformoneyconsistsof: • Buyers - these are people with money whowant to purchase a good orservice. • Sellers-thesearethepeoplewhooffergoods and services tobuyers. • Producers-thesearethepeoplewhocreate theproductsandservicesthatsellersofferto buyers.
Brief History ofE-Commerce • 1970s E- commerce meant the facilitation of commercial transactions electronically, using technology such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and ElectronicFunds Transfer (EFT), allowing businesses to send commercial documents like purchase orders or invoices electronically. • 1980s Thegrowthandacceptanceofcreditcards,Automated teller machines(ATM),Telephonebanking ,Airline reservationsystem. • 1990s The Internet commercialized and users flocked to participate in the form of dot-coms, orInternet start-ups. Innovativeapplicationsranging fromonlinedirectsales to e-learningexperiences. • 2000s Many European and American business companies offeredtheirservicesthroughtheWorldWideWeb.Sincethen, Peoplebegantoassociateaword“E- Commerce”
Types of Commerce • COMMERCE • Electronic and Internet Commerce • Business Focused E- Commerce • Consumer Focused E-Commerce 2. Physical And Traditional Commerce
Advantages of E-Commerce • Toconsumers(thinkabouttheconsumerbuying process: search, evaluate andexecute): • Tobusinesses(thinkaboutthecommonobjectiveof everybusiness)
DISCUSSION • How should different department participate in an e-commerce project? • Management • Marketing • Production • Finance • Procurement • Customer Support
Three-tierTechnical Model Servicesystem Backendsystem Clientside
E-CommerceCategories • Two majorcategories • Othercategories
Two MajorCategories • Business-to-consumer (B2C): • Online transactions are made betweenbusinesses and individual consumers. E.g. Amazon.com, eBay.com. • Business-to-business(B2B): • Businesses make online transactions withother businesses.
OtherCategories • Consumer-to-consumer(C2C) • Mobile commerce(m-commerce)
Benefits ofE-Commerce • Benefits toorganizations • Benefits toconsumers
Benefits toorganizations • Globalreach • Costreduction • Extended hours:24/7/365 • Customization • Improved customerrelations
Benefits toconsumers • More products andservices • Cheaper products andservices • Instantdelivery • Informationavailability
Businessapplications • Email • Instantmessaging • Online shopping and ordertracking • Onlinebanking • Shopping cartsoftware • Teleconferencing • Electronictickets
OnlineShopping • Onlineshoppingistheprocessofbuyinggoodsand servicesfrommerchantswhosellontheInternet. • Onlineconsumersareevenlysplitbetweenmenand womenandtendtobebettereducated,younger,and more affluent than thegeneral population. • Advantages: • 24-houraccess • Ability to comparisonshop • The in-homeprivacy • Variety
Interesting Facts and Statistics • Every1.2seconds,aCanadianmakesapurchasewiththeirPayPal Account. • In India it is 10seconds. • Almost20percentofIndiansmakethreeormoreonlinepurchases per month (till2014). • In future it mustincreases…………………….
Summary andConclusion • TheInternethasleadtothebirthandevolutionE- commerce. E-commerce has now become a key component of many organizations in the daily running of theirbusiness. • As the Internet and in turn E-commerce has developed,andcontinuestoevolveandgrow,itis vital that any organization, in any particular industry, must base its strategic planning around such a rapidly growingmedium.
Electronic Payment System • Electronic wallet: a computerized stored valuethat holds credit card information, electronic cash, owner identification, and addressinformation. • Creditcard • Debitcard • Smartcard • Online banking and Cash OnDelivery.