Thursday, February 28, 2013

e-Commerce


Electronic commerce, which is commonly known as e-commerce, is a type of industry where buying and selling of products or services are conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. It is currently one of the most important aspects of the Internet to emerge. We can also say that e-commerce is working with the use of the Internet and the Web to conduct business transactions.

The examples of e-commerce are Online Shopping, Electronic Payments, Online Auctions, Internet Banking, Online Ticketing, etc.. There are many benefits in e-commerce for both merchant and consumer like Overcome Geographical Limitations, Gain New Customers With Search Engine Visibility, Lower Costs, Locate the Product Quicker, Eliminate Travel Time and Cost, Provide Comparison Shopping, Enable Deals, Bargains, Coupons, and Group Buying, Provide Abundant Information, etc.. 

Over the past decade e-commerce has become the preferred method of shopping for a large number of consumers. Although e-commerce relatively has a slow start, but now e-commerce is the largest retail environment growth area in the world. Everything in the world are available in e-commerce websites, it may be any kind of product. There are many resources available for the e-commerce solutions.

People use the term "ecommerce" or "online shopping" to describe the process of searching for and selecting products in online catalogues and then "checking out" using a credit card and encrypted payment processing. There are many solutions for developing e-commerce such as OpenCart, OSCommerce, Wordpress, Zen Cart, WordPress, Magento, Prestashop, Joomla/VirtueMart, CS cart, X-cart, WordPress- WooCommerce/Jigoshop.

Projections for the future of e-commerce are very positive, and with the growth in use of smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other portable electronics with Internet capabilities, there will only be more and more ways to shop online.

For more details about integrating eCommerce, please feel free to contact Prevaj Consultants at prevaj@prevajconsultants.com or call +91-8144760745