E-commerce, often known as electronic commerce, is the exchange of goods and services as well as the sending of money and data through an electronic network, most commonly the internet. These business dealings can be either B2B (business-to-business), B2C (business-to-consumer), C2C (consumer-to-consumer), or C2B.
E-commerce websites enable customers and businesses to purchase and sell to one another on a specific platform, much like a conventional physical retail store. However, the major distinction between e-commerce and physical commerce is that e-commerce transactions take place fully online as opposed to at a physical location.