Types of E-Commerce

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B2B E-Commerce

Business to Business e-commerce contain all of electronic transaction between companies. For example, Comarch is a company, which offers IT services and solutions such as ERP software for other companies. 

Some of services from Comarch website (Comarch, 2021)

 

B2C E-Commerce

Business to Consumer is a type of e-commerce, where consumer is buying goods from business. An example of B2C e-commerce is JDSports. This company offers clothes and sport equipment to the customers.

Football shoes category page (jdsports, 2021)

 

C2C E-Commerce

Consumer to consumer e-commerce term covers all of electronic transaction between consumers. For example, Vinted is a marketplace, where consumer can buy second hand clothes from another consumer.

Vinted homepage (vinted, 2021)

 

C2B E-Commerce

Consumer to Business e-commerce - in this type of e-commerce, consumer is selling goods to business. For example, H&T Pawnbrokers is buying gold from the customers.

H&T Pawnbrokers homepage (handt.com, 2021)


B2A E-Commerce

Business to administration e-commerce is all of online goods, which buisnesses are selling to administration. For example, Comarch is selling IT solutions and services to public administration.

Commarch offer for public administration (Comarch, 2021)
 

C2A E-Commerce

Consumer to administration e-commerce is type of e-commerce, which covers all of online transactions between consumer and administration, for example paying tax and tax returns.

Leicester City Council offers online payment of council tax (.leicester.gov.uk, 2021)

 



References:

Comarch.com. 2021. Comarch - Global IT Business Products Provider. [online] Available at: <https://www.comarch.com/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

H&T Pawnbrokers. 2021. H&T Pawnbrokers | Buy, Borrow & Sell with Harvey & Thompson Ltd. [online] Available at: <https://handt.co.uk/#> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

JDSports.co.uk. 2021. JD Sports | Shop Online Now. [online] Available at: <https://www.jdsports.co.uk/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Leicester.gov.uk. 2021. Leicester City Council. [online] Available at: <https://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-community/council-tax/pay-your-council-tax-and-paperless-billing/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Vinted. 2021. Vinted | Sell and buy clothes, shoes and accessories. [online] Available at: <https://www.vinted.co.uk/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

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