Chapter 13: E-Business

Ecommerce

• The buying and selling of goods and services over the internet
• Ecommerce refers only to online transactions.

Ebusiness

• derived from the term ecommerce,is the conducting of business on the internet,not only buying and selling,but also  serving customers and collaborating with business partners.

Difference between ecommerce and ebusiness

• to exchanges of information
• to enhance productivity
• maximize convinence
• improve communications globally 

 Overview of Several Industries Using Ebusiness

Ebusiness Models

• is an approach to conducting electronic business on the Internet .

 Basic Ebusiness Models

 Ebusiness Models

Business to Business(B2B)

• applies to business buying from and selling to each other over the internet.
• online access to data,shipping date,delivery date and shipping status,provided either by the seller or third-party provider,is widely supported by B2B models.
• electronic marketplaces,or emarketplaces,are interactive business communities providing a central market space where multiple buyers and sellers can engage in business activities.

Business to Business Emarketplace Overview

Business to Consumer (B2C)

• applies to any business that sells its products or services to consumers over the Internet.
• eshop.sometimes referred to as an estore or etailer,is a version of a retail store where  customers can shop at any hour of the day without leaving their home or office.
• these online stores sell and support a variety of products and services.
• the online business channeling their goods and services via the internet only
• emall consists of a number of eshops it serves as a gateway through which a visitor can access other eshops.

Online Auctions

Consumer to Business(C2B)

• applies to any consumer that sells a product or service to a business over the internet.
• the demand for C2B e business will increase over the next few due to customers' desires for greater convenience and lower prices.

Consumer to Consumer(C2C)

• applies to sites primarily offering goods and services to assist consumer interacting with each other the internet.
• the internet's most successful C2C online auction website,e bay,links like-minded buyers and sellers for a small commission.

 C2C Communities

E- business Benefits

Mashups

• web mashups is a website or web application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service.
• API(application programming interface),which is a set of routines,protocols,and tools for building software applications.

 E- business Challenges

The Benefits and Challenge of Various E -marketplace Revenue Models