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E-commerce Unit 1
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E-commerce
Unit 1
What is E-commerce ?
The word e-commerce or electronic commerce is
widely used nowadays but what is it all about?
What is E-commerce ?
Commerce means trade which simply means buying and selling. Electronic here refers to the use of the Internet.
What is E-commerce ?
So, a simple definition or E-commerce can be:The buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet and their payment.
• A computer or any computing device such as Smartphone, Tablet PC or Laptop.
What do you need to do E-commerce ?
• A Internet access
• Product delivery
The steps to do E-commerce
• Select the product
• Pay for the product
Let us see each step in more
details and learn together by:
1. First observe a picture.
2. Then try to guess how this
step is different from
traditional commerce.
3. Understand what we need
to do.
Selecting the product
Observe the picture
Selecting the product
Compare with traditional commerce
When you go to the
supermarket, you select
what you need from a shelf.
In e-commerce you select
from a variety of products
from a website.
Paying for the product
Observe the picture
Paying for the product
Compare with traditional commerce
At the supermarket, you pay
at the till.
When you buy online you
pay with a credit card
Delivery of the product
Observe the picture
Delivery of the product
Compare with traditional commerce
After shopping at the
supermarket, you take your
articles home.
After buying online, your
product is delivered by postal
services at your home.
• You can buy a variety of products from different countries.
• You Stay at home and do your shopping.
• Best prices are available.
• You can shop at any time and 24/7.
• No need to travel to the shop.
The benefits of E-commerce
The drawbacks of E-commerce
• Not everyone has an Internet connection.
• The product you receive is not the same.
• It may be difficult to return the product.
• You may wait for a long time before delivery.
• Risk of hacking and virus.
• You cannot try the product before buying.
Now, let us see
what you
remember.
Picture A
Picture B
Which picture
shows traditional
commerce?
Picture A
Can you name 3
benefits of
e-commerce
• You can buy a variety of products from different countries.
• You Stay at home and do your shopping.
• Best prices are available.
• You can shop at any time and 24/7.
• No need to travel to the shop.
The benefits of E-commerce
Read the following
statements carefully.
State whether they
are True or False.
You use notes and coins to do e-commerce
You use a credit card to pay for the things you buy online.
You need an Internet connection to do e-commerce.
You can use a computer or
any computing device
which is connected to the Internet
to do e-commerce.
A drawback of e-commerce is the possibility to shop any time.
This is a benefit of e-commerce.
• E-commerce is buying and selling online against a
payment.
• The steps to do E-commerce
• Select the product
• Pay for the product
• Product delivery
• What you need for e-commerce?
• A computer or any computing device such as Smartphone,
Tablet PC or Laptop.
• Access to Internet.
• You can buy a variety of products from different countries.
• You Stay at home and do your shopping.
• Best prices are available.
• You can shop at any time and 24/7.
• No need to travel to the shop.
Benefits of E-commerce
Drawbacks of E-commerce
• Not everyone has an Internet connection.
• The product you receive is not the same.
• It may be difficult to return the product.
• You may wait for a long time before delivery.
• Risk of hacking and virus.
• You cannot try the product before buying.
Exercise : Fill in the blanks by selecting the appropriate word from the list below.
(more, less, selling, stay, payment, possible, personal computer)
• 1. You can ___________ at home and shop online.
• 2. It is not __________ to try the product before buying it.
• 3. You can use a ___________ to do e-commerce.
• 4. E-commerce is the buying and ___________ of goods and services online against a ___________.
• 5. You normally pay ___________ when you buy online.
Answer :
(more, less, selling, stay, payment, possible, personal computer)
• 1. You can stay at home and shop online.
• 2. It is not possible to try the product before buying it.
• 3. You can use a personal computer to do e-commerce.
• 4. E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services online against a payment.
• 5. You normally pay less when you buy online.
