Lets see what the differences between the traditional commerce & E-commerce.the below table gives a clear idea about what they deal with.
Sr. No. Traditional Commerce E-Commerce
1 Heavy dependency on information exchange from person to person. Information sharing is made easy via electronic communication channels making little dependency on person to person information exchange.
2 Communication/ transaction are done in synchronous way. Manual intervention is required for each communication or transaction. Communication or transaction can be done in asynchronous way. Electronics system automatically handles when to pass communication to required person or do the transactions.
3 It is difficult to establish and maintain standard practices in traditional commerce. A uniform strategy can be easily established and maintain in e-commerce.
4 Communications of business depends upon individual skills. In e-Commerce or Electronic Market, there is no human intervention.
5 Unavailability of a uniform platform as traditional commerce depends heavily on personal communication. E-Commerce website provides user a platform where al l information is available at one place.
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No uniform platform for information sharing as it depends heavily on personal communication.
E-Commerce provides a universal platform to support commercial / business activities across the globe.