E-commerce is also knows as the process of taking sales to the internet, this process involves buying and selling with the aid of the internet. E-commerce can be categorized into four sections.

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### Various E-Commerce Categories.

There is a section of e-commerce that only have to involve manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. These segment has to do with transactions between companies and those who majorly carry out distribution process.

There is another section of e-commerce that has to do with business transactions between business owners and consumers. Consumers will be able to check out websites for the products they want to buy, make orders and get those products.

Through e-commerce consumers can transact with one another without involving the company. These system connects buyers to sellers directly and trade transactions are done easily. A consumer might want to sell an item he owns, the internet is a great place to do that without necessarily involving a third party

I have been thinking of starting an e-commerce site and I have been doing some research and learning, and as usual I will like to share what I discovered with my lovely readers who might be thinking of going through a similar path.
### Steps Required in E-Commerce.
In choosing a business e-commerce path, choose a unique business name that will be unique to your business, then go through the process of registration to secure the chosen business name.

After selecting a business name and carrying out a registration, it is important to get your website and domain name properly secured.


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Select the type of business strategy you want to stick with, you might want to stick to the idea of running the business on your own as a sole proprietor, and you may look for either a partner or business partners or even consider a corporation (choose the path that describes you the more).

Get licence for your business, look out for the appropriate customers who need your product. Find the appropriate marketing strategy and start marketing as soon as you begin your website.

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### E-commerce provides certain advantages, let us take a quick scan:

The concept of e-commerce, disregards geographical barrier, e-commerce provides access for people to get product from sellers even if they live far away from each other.

Transactional cost is reduced, comparing e-commerce with physical transactions have made it obvious that the charges with online transactions are much more convenient to the charges gotten from offline business sales.

With e-commerce, customers do not have to go through stress, all that is required is for payment to be made and the goods are delivered to their door step.
An e-commerce site is always available, it is not like an offline business where there is a closing period.

For further information, check [Here](https://www.toppr.com/guides/business-environment/emerging-trends-in-business/electronic-commerce/) and 
[Here](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.codeinwp.com/blog/start-ecommerce-business/%3famp)
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