The conduct of financial transactions by electronic
means. With the growth of commerce on the Internet and the World Wide
Web, E-Commerce often refers to purchases from online stores on the Web,
otherwise knows as E-Commerce Web sites. They may also be referred to
as "virtual-stores" or Cyber stores. Since the transaction
goes through the Internet and the Web, some have suggested another
term: I-Commerce (Internet commerce), or icommerce. Few have
referred to it as Web-commerce. E-Commerce can be business to business
(B to B) or business to consumer (B to C).
Harnessing the power of the Internet to help you make
money more effectively and efficiently. It means building your on-line
store on a custom designed foundation of an inventory database, and adding
secure credit card transactions with real-time credit card
authorization. It includes integrating the on-line checkout process
with your fulfillment center and furnishing you, the merchant, with tools to
manage your on-line store effectively