What is e-commerce used for?
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... E-commerce In this report I will be discussing the benefits and costs of starting up a website. The company I am designing the website for is a cosmetics company. The website is called Smoothannice.com. In this report I will discuss: * Benefits of starting up smoothannice.com * Costs of starting up smoothannice.com * The laws the website must abide by * Who the business can communicate to through the website * The barriers to e-commerce * Setting clear objectives for the website What is E-commerce? E-commerce is sometimes referred to as e-business. E-commerce is said to be buying and selling of goods over electronic networks, such as the Internet. This can be between businesses, business and customers, or between the public and private sector. The sale of a product can be transacted electronically; the ultimate delivery of the good or service may be conducted online or off-line. Broader definitions of e-commerce cover transactional e-commerce, but also include "process e-commerce"














