What are the classifications of ecommerce?

Answer 1

1. Business to Consumer (B2C) - Business firms sell their products and services to the consumers via internet.

2. Business to Business (B2B) - Business firms sell their product and services to other business firms via internet.

3. Consumer to Consumer (C2C) - In this transaction customer sells product directly to other customers via internet

4. Peer to Peer - It is a computer system which are connected to each other via internet. Files are transfer from one system to another without the need of central server.

5. Consumer to Business - This category includes individuals who sell products are services to organizations.

6. Non Business Ecommerce - Use of ecommerce by not for profit organization such as religious organization, government agencies and academic institutes to reduce their expenses or to improve their operations and customer service.

Answer 2

We have many ways to classify the e-commerce by identifying the partners directly involved in the transaction :

• Business-to-Consumer (B2C) :

Business sell products or services to individual consumers.It is commerce between companies and consumers. B2B e-commerce reduces transaction costs (particulary search cost) by increacing consumer access to information and allowing consumers to find the most competitive price for a product or a service. Also it reduces market entry barriers since the cost of putting up and maintaining a website is much cheaper than installing a "brick-and-mortar" structure for a firm.

• Business-to-Business (B2B) :

Business sell products or services to other businesses.It is e-commerce between companies.

• Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) :

Consumer can buy and sell the goods to each other.Tt is e-commerce between private individuals or consumes.

example: e-Bay company.

• Business-to-Government (B2G) :

Business sell goods and services to governments and government agencies.It is e-commerce between companies and the public sector.