Ecommerce (Electronic commerce) draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Ecommerce is in turn driven by the technological advances of the semiconductor industry, and is the largest sector of the electronics industry.
If you have a physical store, you are limited by the geographical area that you can service. With an e-commerce website, the whole world is your playground.
It is no longer about pushing a shopping cart to the correct aisle or scouting for the desired product. On an e-commerce website, customers can click through intuitive navigation or use a search box to narrow down their product search immediately. Some websites remember customer preferences and shopping lists to facilitate repeat purchase.
It is not unusual for customers to travel long distances to reach their preferred physical store. E-commerce website allows them to visit the same store virtually, with just a few mouse clicks.