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E-Commerce

What does E-commerce mean?

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products, services or information over the web. The purchase or sale of the product can be via desktop, tab or mobile device. Generally, e-commerce includes different types of business transactions such as business to business, business to consumer, consumer to consumer or consumer to business.

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