1. Understanding e-Commerce
A-Level Ict

2. E-Commerce is impossible to avoid now
days .Almost everyone in the western
world is at one point a consumer of the
growing industry of e-Commerce
Because the world is becoming busier all the
time people are relying more heavily on
computers to organise all their needs
;shopping for food, buying presents and
even sorting out their banking.

3. Examples of e-Commerce
Here are some different businesses, see if
you can work out which are involved in e-
Commerce and why:
• EBay
• Tesco
• iTunes
• Microsoft
• McDonalds

4. Examples of e-Commerce cont.
As you will have noticed by now everything we
do is part of e-commerce. This is because
everything now can be done online as well
as in the shops.
• EBay –An online based auction room
• Tesco –Also does internet shopping
• iTunes –Buy music online.
• Microsoft –Downloads, sales and technical advice online.
• McDonalds –Only advertises online.

5. Why e-Commerce??????
E-Commerce is growing so fast because of
its quickness- whereas in years gone by
people would send a cheque to the
company and then the company would
cash the cheque before dispatching the
goods we can now use instant
transactions to transfer money from
account to account in a number of
seconds.

6. Why e-Commerce?????? cont.
Another popular factor of e-Commerce is its
wide availability – people from everywhere
can buy- not just those the company can
afford to send a leaflet to, also it means
that the internet can be used as an extra
income for your spare time.
E-Commerce is very low maintenance- you
just have to wait for people to buy and
then send the goods; simple as!!!

7. The Dangers of e-Commerce
As with every industry there are downfalls-
in the case of e-commerce these downfalls
are a way for criminals to make vast
amounts of cash with minimal effort- this
can happen because:
• Sellers never send the goods.
• Sellers steal credit card details.
• Buyers use a fraudulent account which they cease once they have
received the goods , therefore cancelling a payment.
• Buyers payments or details are lost due to an error on the servers.

8. USER
WEBSITE
BUYS ITEM
CREDIT CARD
DETAILS GIVEN
How It All
DETAILS SENT TO A PAYMENT
COMPANY e.g. PAYPAL
Works
ORDER RECEIVED + PAYMENT
CLEARED
GOODS SENT!!!