Introduction  Internet. Internet  E-commerce. E-commerce

Introduction

Languages for Internet Application

Everyday uses of Internet

World Wide Web

Electronic Commerce

What is E-Commerce ?

E-Commerce impacts a broad number of business activities such as,

Internet’s Role in E-Commerce Today the Internet provides an inexpensive and information-rich, shared, multimedia network interconnecting more than 100 million users and 50 million servers in more than 150 countries. Two successful areas in web based e- commerce have been through the sales of books and electronic stock transactions. For example, “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore” “Online Investing services”

At least six reasons exist for the Internet’s dramatic impact on the scope of business networking application and for the Internet’s emergence as the foundation for the world’s new information infrastructure:  Universality  Reach  Performance  Reliability  Cost  Momentum

Types of Electronic Payments  Credit cards  Transaction using Third Party Verification  Secured Electronic Transaction  Joint Electronic Transaction  Electronic Cheques  Smart Cards  Electronic Purses