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Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
                 When a website is established by a company to sell its products and services to consumers, it is

                 known as the business-to-consumer model of e-commerce.
                 Example: www.amazon.in, www.myvoltas.in



















                 Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C)
                 There are various websites that allow buying and selling between the consumers. They offer free
                 auctions where one can buy and sell products.

                 Example: www.quikr.in, www.ebay.in, etc.
























                         uiz   Bee        Which type of company sells its product to customers?
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                 APPLICATIONS OF E-COMMERCE

                 Some of the main applications of E-commerce are e-shopping, e-banking and m-commerce.


                 E-Shopping
                 Shopping on the Internet is called e-shopping. A customer surfs many e-commerce websites and
                 selects a product of his/her choice. Once the product is selected the customer proceeds to order




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