The meaning of the term "electronic commerce" has changed over time. Originally, "electronic commerce" meant the facilitation of commercial transactions electronically, usually using technology like Electronic Data Interchange (EDI, introduced late 70) to electronically send documents such as purchase orders or invoices.
later came to include activities more accurately called "Trade on the Net" - the purchase of goods and services via the World Wide Web via secure servers with electronic purchasing cards and electronic payment services for credit card authorizations.
Over the years there have been various forms or types of trade. In early 1920 in the United States appeared catalog sales, driven by large wholesale stores. This system of selling, revolutionary for its time, is a catalog of photos illustrating the products to sell. This allows better reach people, because there is no need to attract customers to the stores. This allowed the stores to be able to reach customers in rural areas, which at the time that this method development was a large mass of people living in the countryside. In addition, another important point is that potential buyers can choose the products in the comfort of their homes without the assistance or pressure, as the case of a seller. The catalog sales took accelerated with the advent of credit cards in addition to determining a relationship of greater anonymity between you and the seller.
mid 1980, with the help of television, a new form of catalog sales, also called direct sales. Of Thus, the products are shown with more realism, and the dynamics that can be displayed by highlighting its features. Direct selling is realized through a phone and usually with credit card payments.
In early 1970, came the first commercial relationships that used a computer to transmit data. This type of information exchange, without any standard, brought with it improvements in manufacturing processes in the private sector, including companies in the same sector. That's why you tried to set standards for the exchange, which was different with respect to each industry.
Moreover, in the sector public to use these technologies for data exchange stemmed from military activities. In late 1970 the Ministry of Defence of the United States initiated a research program to develop techniques and technologies that enable packages transparently exchange of information between different computer networks.
In 1995 members of the G7/G8 countries the initiative created a global marketplace for SMEs (in English), in order to accelerate the use of e-commerce companies worldwide. During this G8 initiative developed the English portal and virtual library of information on trade in English Global Electronic Commerce Electronic.
Despite the short history of electronic commerce and we can talk about three different stages in the evolution of the software used to operate. 1 .-
began with a simple HTML form.
Not bad for the beginning. A simple form is able to pick up the order and send it via email to the seller. However, when the number of products to sell in excess of three or four it is impossible to present them with their descriptions and the buyer, on the same page.
2 .- The next step was the so-called shopping cart.
The store may have an infinite number of products, each on its own page, and the customer only has to go saying that you want to buy. The system is able to calculate not only the total price but also shipping fees, taxes and currency exchange.
But this is just one of the functions performed by the latest software:
3 .- The third generation presents authentic electronic stores management feature rich and personalized for each client.
No need for programming knowledge and with just your usual browser the owner is able to perform all kinds of merchandise update tasks: add, delete or temporarily hide products change prices, establish competitions, discounts or promotions, take orders safe, easy to work with accounts and inventories, and even manipulate images.
Electronic commerce has now become the main means of buying and selling.
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