E-commerce introduction

EC E-commerce is short for Electronic Commerce (EC). Both buyers and sellers could do transactions on the World Wide Web.
E-commerce is mainly operated on internet websites, but it could also involve some other tools, such as email, fax etc.
E-commerce made the transaction simply; you can easily click goods or service providers’ websites to search your products and view product details including price and pictures and statement.
Virtual products or services can be arrived immediately when the transaction is settled. For example, some catering industry offers services online through password, which the customers to present to the restaurant operators when enjoying the service.
Payments can be made through swiping credit cards, electronic currency on secure gateways and encrypted channels. E-commerce prefers the third party payment tools to ensure buyers and sellers’ interest and rights.
Now more and more foreign trade businesses have been done through B2B platforms.
B2B platforms do not sell products in retail, but sell products in wholesale or in batches.
B2B platforms could post buyers and sellers’ company information and product information including statement, pictures, description, etc.
Both sides could communicate with each other on the B2B portal or through emails to seal a deal in the end.
Now B2B platforms have offered more value added services to foreign trade participants, such as customs clearance, logistics, and payment etc. IBUonline is an innovative B2B portal which could help you to do foreign trade business conveniently.
E-commerce can be divided into several categories, B2B, B2C, C2B, B2E,
C2C, but B2B, B2C and C2C are common modes in e-business.
B2B is short for Business To Business. B2B is mainly referring to those online transactions from enterprises to enterprises.
B2C is short for Business to Consumer. B2C is mainly referring to transactions that companies sell products or services to individual customers. Due to the advantages of direct selling to the consumer over the internet, B2C business is growing in a faster pace than other e-business modes. Virtual or intangible products are sold well on B2C websites as well as tangible goods.
C2C is short for Consumer to Consumer. C2C platform providers will not involve the goods or services sold or bought on the website, they will not take charge of QA or auditing or guarantee issues of the products or services. C2C platform providers only set up a bridge as a third party and consumers could auction products on the platform or consumers could bid to win another consumer’s products which are posted on the platform.
B2E and C2B are not common modes in e-business, but they really still exist on the online market.
B2E is short for Business-to-Employee e-commerce then some companies could sell products or services to their employees in the intranet website. Such online business is mostly between employees and employers within one company.
C2B is a reversal mode of Business-to-Consumer model. In C2B e-business, individuals could sell products or services to some companies.
IBUonline is an innovative B2B portal, which is aimed for help foreign trade on the platform.
IBUonline has offered some value added services, which may meet your need.。