Chapter 11: E-Commerce Flashcards
brick-and-mortar store
A conventional store with a physical presence. (p431)
Brokerage sites
A type of Web site that brings buyers and sellers together to facilitate transactions between them; the site earns revenue in the form of commissions on sales made via the site. (p438)
business-to-business (B2B) model
An e-commerce model in which a business provides goods or services to other businesses. (p437)
business-to-consumer (B2C) model
An e-commerce model in which a business provides goods or services to consumers. (p437)
business-to-government (B2G) model
An e-commerce model in which a business provides goods and services to government organizations. (p437)
click-and-mortar store
A store with both a physical presence and an e-commerce site. (p431)
consumer-to-consumer (C2C) model
An e-commerce model in which a consumer provides goods or services to other consumers. (p437)
Digital wallets
An app or online service that stores information (such as credit, debit, and loyalty cards; digital coupons; and shipping information) that can be used to speed up purchase transactions. (p444)
dot-coms
An Internet-only store with no physical presence. (p431)
E-commerce
The act of doing business transactions over the Internet or similar technology. (p431)
e-commerce business models
A description of how an e-commerce company does business, such as the types of buyers and sellers involved. (p436)
e-tailers
An online retailer. (p438)
m-commerce
E-commerce carried out via smartphones and other mobile devices. (p431)
meta tags
A special HTML or XHTML tag containing information about a Web page that is added by the person creating the Web page and is used primarily by search sites. (p452)
Near Field Communications (NFC)
A short-range wireless technology based on RFID and used to transfer payments or other information from a smartphone to another phone or to a payment terminal. (p432)
