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Contents 1 What is Electronic/Mobile Commerce? 2 The Generic Business Models 3 The Different types of online presence 4 Business Models 5 Comments

What is Electronic/Mobile Commerce?

"the process of Electronically conducting business over the Internet- or networks using internet protocols -- with particular reference to innovative marketing, order and payment systems and administrative integration."

- Imagic Communications

alternatively,

E-Commerce "is the facilitation of commerce and all associated processes involved through current electronic technologies such as networks and the internet = (telecommunications)."

- Tariq Aslam

The Generic Business Models

B2B (Business to Business)

B2C (Business to Consumer)

C2C (Consumer to Consumer)

Others

The Different types of online presence

Transactional sites

Services Orientated sites

Brand Building Sites

Portal Sites

Business Models

An architecture for the product; service; and information flows, including description of the various business actors, their roles and potential benefits and a description of the sources of revenue... Paul Timmers

Examples

E-Shop

E-mall

E-Auctions

Virtual Communities

Value chain service providers

Collaboration platform

Information brokerages

Comments

Originally created by CheGriffin 17:07, 2 May 2007 (BST)