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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 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 connect and trade goods and services.


                  TYPES OF E-COMMERCE

                  Buying and selling of goods involves 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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