What is An E-Commerce Business? 

What Exactly Is An E-Commerce Business?

The trading of goods and services through the Internet is known as "e-commerce" or "electronic commerce."

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It is your bustling city center or physical store transformed into zeroes and ones on the internet superhighway.

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What is an e-commerce website?

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It is the virtual arena where you display your products and online customers make their purchases.

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Your website serves as your online business channel's product shelves, sales crew, and cash register.

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An e-commerce business is one that makes money by selling products or services online.

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An e-commerce company, for example, might sell software, clothing, housewares, or web design services.

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An e-commerce business can be managed from a single website or through many internet channels such as social media and email.

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What Exactly Is An E-Commerce Business?

What Exactly Is An E-Commerce Business?

The trading of goods and services through the Internet is known as "e-commerce" or "electronic commerce."

The trading of goods and services through the Internet is known as "e-commerce" or "electronic commerce."

E-commerce

E-commerce

It is your bustling city center or physical store transformed into zeroes and ones on the internet superhighway.

It is your bustling city center or physical store transformed into zeroes and ones on the internet superhighway.

E-commerce

E-commerce

What is an e-commerce website?

It is the virtual arena where you display your products and online customers make their purchases.

Your website serves as your online business channel's product shelves, sales crew, and cash register.

An e-commerce business is one that makes money by selling products or services online.