Ecommerce

EE-kom-erssnoun, also written e-commerce

Topic: Selling online

1. The buying and selling of goods or services over the internet.
2. It covers anything from a one-person shop selling handmade goods to a wholesaler with trade accounts and thousands of lines. An ecommerce website needs more than a brochure site does: product pages, a basket and checkout, payment handling, stock control, delivery rules and a way to manage orders.

Example Their ecommerce sales overtook the shop counter within three years.

See also Online shop Shopping cart Payment gateway