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Payment
Options
Step 18: ere different payment options can be viewed by which payment can be made for the product.
ere we ve selected ash-on- elivery option.
Step 19: Type the characters given in the picture into the text box as shown in the picture below and click the
ONFI M O button. Order onfirmed page appears on the screen.
E-COMMERCE
E-Commerce refers to commercial online transaction that is done on the Internet. It is an instant paperless
exchange of business information with the help of lectronic ata Interchange I .
E-commerce is buying and selling of products and services and doing other transactions by transfer and
processing of information among computers in a digitalised and automated.
e- ommerce utilises different tools of Internet and enables to do commercial correspondence electronic
banking, funds transfer, electronic cataloging, video conferencing, etc.
e-Commerce transaction can be done on personal websites of an individual or an organisation or through
e- ommerce websites like ama on.com flipkart.com healthkart.com snapdeal.com etc.
he concept of e- ommerce has brought a revolution in the field of all kinds of business. e- ommerce is
interactive as it allows two-way communication between sellers and buyers. It reduces the burden of storage
and cost of communication.
e-Commerce is ubiquitous and it helps for commercial transactions that is cross cultural and beyond national
boundaries at more convenience and at low cost. e- ommerce can be broadly categorised as:
B2B (Business to Business): It refers to electronic transactions among business houses.
B2C (Business to Consumers): It refers to electronic transactions among business houses and consumers.
C2C (Consumer to Consumer): It refers to transactions among general consumers who wish to sell used
goods.
overnment-to- overnment overnment-to- mployee overnment-to- usiness
usiness-to- overnment overnment-to- iti en iti en-to- overnment are other forms
of e- ommerce that involve transaction like filling tax returns registrations renewing licenses depositing
premium of insurance, etc.
The users of e-Commerce transactions may face serious problems due to attack by hackers. Whenever any
transaction is done through e-Commerce, sometimes the crackers or hackers can set target on customer’s
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