E - Commerce Website

Types of E-Commerce websites

Different eCommerce websites are labeled or referred to differently, based on the function they fulfill.

• Business-to-Business (B2B): Electronic transactions of goods and services between companies. Example: A business sells SAS products to other businesses.
• Business-to-Consumer (B2C): Electronic transactions of goods and services between companies and consumers. Example: You buy a new t-shirt from an online store.
• Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C): Electronic transactions of goods and services between consumers, mostly through a third party. Example: You sell your old smartphone on eBay or Olx to another consumer.
• Consumer-to-Business (C2B): Electronic transactions of goods and services where individuals offer products or services to companies. Example: A Social media influencer offers exposure to their online audience in exchange for a fee.

  E-Commerce Website Legal Requirements

  Before you even launch your e-commerce website, you need to make sure it is legally compliant with the data privacy laws that are applicable to your audience’s region. GDPR and CCPA are the two of the first regulations that directly impact data collection, use, and storage on a widespread scale.
  Below are some of the policies which you need to set up on your eCommerce website

  1. Privacy Policy
  2. Terms and Conditions
  3. Disclaimers ( related to your product, service, content or affiliate revenue)

  These are just some of the basic policies you need to communicate clearly to your visitors.
  Besides this, if your website uses cookies ( and it is highly unlikely you aren’t), then you need to make sure you get your users’ permission as well, to store their data in the cookies.