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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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