Chapter 11 – E-Commerce

The act of doing business transactions over the Internet or similar technology.

An Internet-only store with no physical presence.

A conventional store with a physical presence.

E-commerce carried out via mobile phones and other mobile devices.

A description of how an e-commerce company does business, such as the types of buyers and sellers involved.

An e-commerce model in which a business provides goods or services to consumers.

An e-commerce model in which a business provides goods or services to other businesses.

An e-commerce model in which a consumer provides goods or serves to other businesses.

An e-commerce model in which a business provides goods and services to government organizations.

An online retailer

A site that sells access to it online content.

A type of Web site that brings buyers and sellers together to facilitate transactions between them; the site earns revenue in the form of commissions on sales made via the site.

A Web site where potential buyers bid on an item and, at the end of a set time period, the highest bidder buys the item as long as all bidding criteria (such as minimum selling price) have been met.

A type of payment service accessed via the Internet and used to make electronic payments to others, such as via deposited funds, a bank account, or a credit card.

A program or online service that holds a buyer's information (such as electronic payment, billing, and shipping information) that can be used to speed up online purchase transactions.

E-commerce software that facilitates the creation of an online store.

E-commerce software designed to add ordering capabilities to an existing Web site.

A special HTML or XHTML tag containing information about a Web page that is added by the person creating the Web page and is used primarily by search sites.

The process of evaluating a Web site and making changes as needed to improve search site results.