We will clarify the concept of e-commerce, its importance and types, and we will also learn about the advantages and disadvantages of e-commerce, and the best companies that help you learn more about the labor market in e-commerce and benefit from it.

First we will get to know:

What is E-Commerce?

E-Commerce is a system of buying and selling goods, services, and products by using the Internet, transferring money and data to carry out these transactions. E-Commerce is often used to refer to selling products and goods on the Internet, but it can describe any type of transaction. Commercial can be used via the Internet to make it easier for customers time and money; As E-Commerce supports sales and customer service operations, and there are many sites that work in the field of e-commerce, the most famous in the world: (Amazon - Souq.com - jumia - ebay) and other major successful and profitable companies, and we will talk about them through this article.

What are the types of e-commerce?

 There are other means and methods for promoting and disseminating goods and products on the Internet, and e-commerce is divided into 6 main sections, which are:

1- Business with Companies (B2B)

The first type of e-commerce is companies with companies. It is known by the term (B2B) Business to Business, which is an electronic trade exchange between one company and another company; It depends on the marketing relations between the two companies, such that one company offers its products to the other company, and they exchange marketing and trade between them, so that there are more opportunities for them to sell using e-commerce.

2- Companies with Individual Customers (B2C)

This type of e-commerce is between companies and individual customers, and it is known as (Business to Consumer (B2C), which is based on e-commerce between companies and consumers, and is compatible with the retail department of e-commerce.

These types of relationships can be one of the easiest and most profitable types, and this type is developing greatly due to the increase in the use of the Internet all over the world, and there are many types of consumer goods, such as: (computers, software, books, shoes, cars, foods) And all kinds of electronic devices and others.

3- Consumer to Consumer (C2C)

This type of electronic commerce includes E-commerce with the consumer, known as C2C (Consumer to Consumer) and works on all electronic transactions of goods and services that take place between consumers in general; these transactions are carried out by another party, which provides the electronic platform, where Transactions are actually executed.

For example, you can sell your old furniture on eBay or Amazon to another consumer.

4- Consumer with Business (C2B)

This type of E-commerce depends on the consumer, selling his or her own products or services to an organization that is meticulously searching for these types of services and products; It is known as (C2B) and this type of e-commerce is very common in projects, and young people work through it as freelance businesses and benefit from this type well.

For example: designers who display logo and various corporate designs, and also those who display royalty-free photographs and design elements, such as iStockphoto - shutterstock and many other sites that provide these services.

5- Management with Business (B2A)

This type of e-commerce includes all transactions that take place on the Internet between companies and the public administration, and it is known by the term B2A (Business to Administration), which is the field that has a large amount and a variety of services, such as: (financial fields, social security, employment documents, legal records) and many more.

These types of services have increased considerably in recent years with investments in e-government.

6- Consumer with Management (C2A)

This type of E-commerce includes the consumer with the administration on all electronic transactions that take place between individuals and the public administration, and is known in marketing as C2A (Consumer to Administration).

For example: e-commerce of this type includes: (education, information dissemination, distance learning, social security through information distribution, taxes, payment of health services) and other services.

Note: Both models that include public administration “B2A and C2A” are strongly associated with efficiency and ease of use of services provided to citizens by the government with the support of ICT.

What are the advantages of e-commerce?

There are important and basic features of E-commerce that you must know in order to save you from many questions when you decide to create a website that works on e-commerce, which are:

1 – The main advantage of e-commerce is its ability to reach the global market without the need for large financial investment through the Internet.

2- Get the information you need and necessary for each product, and you can also compare it with another product from any other sites.

3- E-commerce allows suppliers to be closer to their customers, which leads to increased productivity and competitiveness of companies.

4- More efficient support before and after sales with these new and diverse types of e-commerce.

5- Saving effort and time for consumers, and making it easy to sell and buy in a successful electronic way.

What are the disadvantages of e-commerce?

The main disadvantages of e-commerce are some important points, which you should also know, namely:

1- Strong and total reliance on communication and information technology.

2- Some sites do not have the complete security of data confidentiality when conducting business transactions on the Internet