1. Understanding e- Commerce A-Level Ict

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3. E-Commerce is impossible to avoid now days.Almost everyone in the western world is at one point a consumer of the growing industry of e-Commerce Electronic commerce or e-commerce is where business transactions take place via electronic communication networks, especially the Internet.

4. Examples of e-Commerce Here are some different businesses, see if you can work out which are involved in e-Commerce and why:  EBay  Tesco  iTunes  Microsoft  McDonalds

5. Examples of e-Commerce cont. As you will have noticed by now everything we do is part of e- commerce. This is because everything now can be done online as well as in the shops.  EBay –An online based auction room  Tesco –Also does internet shopping  iTunes –Buy music online.  Microsoft –Downloads, sales and technical advice online.  McDonalds –Only advertises online.

6. Why e-Commerce??????  E-Commerce is growing so fast because of its quickness- whereas in years gone by people would send a cheque to the company and then the company would cash the cheque before dispatching the goods.  We can now use instant transactions to transfer money from account to account in a number of seconds.

7. Why e-Commerce?????? cont.  Another popular factor of e- Commerce is its wide availability. people from everywhere can buy not just those the company can afford to send a leaflet to, also it means that the internet can be used as an extra income for your spare time.  E-Commerce is very low maintenance- you just have to wait for people to buy and then send the goods; simple as!!!

8. The Dangers of e-Commerce As with every industry there are downfalls- in the case of e-commerce these downfalls are a way for criminals to make vast amounts of cash with minimal effort- this can happen because: –Sellers never send the goods. –Sellers steal credit card details. –Buyers use a fraudulent account which they cease once they have received the goods, therefore cancelling a payment. –Buyers payments or details are lost due to an error on the servers.

9. How It All Works USER WEBSITE BUYS ITEM CREDIT CARD DETAILS GIVEN DETAILS SENT TO A PAYMENT COMPANY e.g. PAYPAL ORDER RECEIVED + PAYMENT CLEARED GOODS SENT!!!