E-commerce can provide services in the whole process of online transaction and management, so it has many functions such as advertising, consultation and negotiation, online ordering, online payment, electronic account, service delivery, consultation and transaction management.
E-commerce can broadcast all kinds of business information on the Internet with the help of enterprise's Web server and customers' browsing. Customers can quickly find the information they need with the help of online search tools, while businesses can use online homepages and e-mails to advertise around the world.
Advantages of e-commerce
1. E-commerce electronizes and digitizes traditional business processes. On the one hand, electronic flow replaces real logistics, which can greatly reduce manpower and material resources and reduce costs; On the other hand, it breaks through the limitation of time and space, so that trading activities can be carried out at any time and any place, thus greatly improving efficiency.
2. The openness and globalization of e-commerce have created more trade opportunities for enterprises.
3. E-commerce enables enterprises to enter the global electronic market at a similar cost, making it possible for small and medium-sized enterprises to have the same information resources as large enterprises and improving their competitiveness.