E-commerce is the term used for business on the Internet. E-commerce can refer to electrical sites such as Comet UK who sell televisions or Amazon UK who sell many items like books. Both are E-commerce web sites, one which was first a high street store and the other an Internet only business.

Along with big national chains there are also small and medium size e-commerce sites for a massive range of products such as jewellery, mobile phones and music cds. To help these sites do business online many IT companies provide services / software such as shopping cart systems and secure credit card processes. Some of the most popular are listed below if you are considering creating an online e-commerce site.

• http://www.paypal.com/ - Paypal supply shopping carts and credit card processing.
• http://www.worldpay.co.uk/ - Worlpay are part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and allow secure payment online.
• http://www.x-cart.com/ - Popular shopping cart system.
• http://www.nexternal.com/ - E-commerce software.

You can find an example of e-commerce content on this sites price comparison section.

Example of typical e-commerce data online.

• Desktop PCs
• Digital Cameras
• Dvd Players
• Graphic Cards
• Hi-Fi Systems
• Laptops
• Sound Cards
• Televisions
• Video Recorders