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Introduction
E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web.
In practice, this term and a newer term, e-business, are often used interchangeably. For online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used.
Such businesses began in 1995 and are expected by 2007 to generate sales in the USA of $ 105 billion.a
You create a website that promotes your products, obtain an Internet address, hire space on a web-hosting company, upload your pages, add a payment system and then use various promotion services to get your site noticed.
Overview Of How Ecommerce Works
Ecommerce is where consumers can purchase goods and services over the web using their credit card. The basic process of how this works is shown below.



A consumer visits your website and uses your online store to make a purchase. The transaction is conducted over a secure connection (SSL) to your web hosting server.......

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