Electronic commerce

E-commerce Marketing

Pay-per-click Advertising (PPC)

Businesses bid on impressions for paid listings at the top of search engine results, paying on a per-click basis

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Sometimes used a synonym for PPC, referring to paid advertising campaigns

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

SEO traffic comes from unpaid "organic" results on search engines such as Google and Yahoo

Affiliate Marketing

Referrals from other websites with industry or product-focused content such as reviews, comparisons, and testimonials

Display Advertising

Banners, sidebars and other predominantly-visual advertisements that appear on other websites

Email Marketing

Newsletters, abandoned cart notifications and remarketing all use email

The principal e-commerce
revenue models

Advertising Revenue Model

Subscription Revenue Model

Users are charged a periodic
(daily, monthly or annual) fee to
subscribe to a service

Transaction Fee Revenue Model

Sales Revenue Model

Affiliate Revenue Model

The affiliate program is an online distribution solution which is based on the principle of commission

Mobile commerce

Mobile purchase

Mobile browsing

Mobile brokerage

They allow the subscriber to react to market developments in a timely fashion and irrespective of their physical location

Mobile banking

Mobile vouchers, coupons and loyalty cards

Mobile ticketing

Mobile money transfer

In-application mobile phone payments

Payments can be made directly inside of an application running on a popular smartphone operating system, such as Google Android

Mobile marketing and advertising

E-commerce Business Models

Business-to-Business (B2B)

(B2B) e-commerce encompasses all electronic transactions of goods or services conducted between companies

Business-to-Consumer (B2C)

Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C)

(C2C) type e-commerce encompasses all electronic transactions of goods or services conducted between consumers

Consumer-to-Business (C2B)

Government-to-Business (G2B)

Government-to-Citizen (G2C)

Key technologies used in B2B
e-commerce

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Extranet

Internet

Intranet

Back-End Information System Integration

New Careers in E-Commerce

Business Analyst

Product Management

Content Manager

Design

Marketing

Supply Chain

Product Development

Social Networking Sites With Great Potentials for E-Commerce

Facebook

Instagram

Google+

Twitter

LinkedIn

Pinterest

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