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In today’s rapidly changing world, technology plays 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, booking tickets, etc. Nowadays, you can do all of these right from your house or

                  anywhere for that matter. All of this has been made possible by the use of latest technology and
                  gadgets. To keep ourselves updated, it is important for us to learn about the latest IT trends.




                            E-COMMERCE

                  Historically,  commerce  referred  to  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. E-commerce refers  to  the buying,
                  selling and exchanging of goods, services or
                  information  over the Internet. 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 needs. 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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