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In today’s rapidly changing world, technology has played a major role. Newer technologies are
                 evolving every day across the globe. Gone are the days when we had to do go to different places
                 to do things like shopping, reservation, etc. Nowadays, you can do all of these right from your

                 house or anywhere for that matter. All of this was made possible by the usage of latest technology
                 and gadgets. To keep ourselves updated, it is important for us to learn about the latest IT trends.
                 In this chapter, let us learn about some latest IT trends.




                          E-COMMERCE


                 Historically, commerce referred to as buying
                 and selling goods. With the rise of technology,

                 commerce has taken on a new form. These days
                 people  are buying  and selling goods  online.
                 The act  of selling and buying  a commodity
                 over the Internet is known as e-commerce. To

                 facilitate this process, thousands of websites
                 are available as platforms, for different types
                 of people  like  consumers, producers,  sellers,
                 etc. These platforms help different people to connect and trade goods and services.


                 TYPES OF E-COMMERCE

                 Buying and selling of goods involve different types of people with different necessities. This creates
                 different categories of e-commerce. Let us take a look at these different categories.



                 Business-to-Business (B2B)
                 If a company buys or sells products or services to other companies online through a sales portal,
                 it is known as the business-to-business model of e-commerce.

                 Example: https://www.indiamart.com/, https://www.tradeindia.com/ etc.

























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