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What is the e commerce?

  before we understand e-commerce let's  understand what is commerce  commerce is nothing but buying and  selling of goods  it has been around for many years  starting from barter system  where there was just exchange of goods  to using precious metals  to using coins and then paper money and  plastic money  traditional commerce used to happen face  to face  so it was limited to particular  geographical location  there was a personal interaction and  delivery of goods was instantaneous  it was limited to certain business hours  typically during day time  with the advent of internet came in  e-commerce  e-commerce can be defined as the process  of buying  and selling of goods or services using  an electronic medium such as internet  example on amazon flipkart  olx etc here the sale happens online  so you can potentially sell across the  world  there is limited personal interaction  and delivery of goods and services might  take some time  it is available 24 by 7 and can be done  day