1. Traditional Commerce :
Traditional commerce refers to the commercial transactions or exchange of information, buying or selling product/services from person to person without use of internet which is a older method of business style and comes under traditional business. Now a days people are not preferring this as it is time taking and needs physical way of doing business.
Example includes physical market/bazaar.
2. E-commerce :
E-commerce refers to the commercial transactions or exchange of information, buying or selling product/services electronically with the help of internet which is a newer concept of business style and comes under e-business. Now a days people are preferring this as it is less time taking and does not need physical way of doing business everything can be done with laptop or smartphone and internet.
Example includes online shopping sites.
Difference between Traditional Commerce and E-commerce :
| S.No. | TRADITIONAL COMMERCE | E-COMMERCE |
|---|---|---|
| 01. | Traditional commerce refers to the commercial transactions or exchange of information, buying or selling product/services from person to person without use of internet. | E-commerce refers to the commercial transactions or exchange of information, buying or selling product/services electronically with the help of internet. |
| 02. | In traditional commerce it is difficult to establish and maintain standard practices. | In e-commerce it is easy to establish and maintain standard practices. |
| 03. | In traditional commerce direct interaction through seller and buyer is present. | In e-commerce indirect interaction through seller and buyer occurs using electronic medium and internet. |
| 04. | Traditional commerce is carried out by face to face, telephone lines or mail systems. | E-commerce is carried out by internet or other network communication technology. |
| 05. | In traditional commerce processing of transaction is manual. | In e-commerce processing of transaction is automatic. |
| 06. | In traditional commerce delivery of goods is instant. | In e-commerce delivery of goods takes time. |
| 07. | Its accessibility is for limited time in a day. | Its accessibility is 24×7×365 means round the clock. |
| 08. | Traditional commerce is done where digital network is not reachable. | E-commerce is used to save valuable time and money. |
| 09. | Traditional commerce is a older method of business style which comes under traditional business. | E-commerce is a newer concept of business style which comes under e-business. |
| 10. | Its resource focuses on supply side. | Its resource focuses on demand side. |
| 11. | In traditional commerce customers can inspect products physically before purchase. | In e-commerce customers can not inspect products physically before purchase. |
| 12. | Its business scope of business is a limited physical area. | Its business scope is worldwide as it is done through digital medium. |
| 13. | For customer support, information exchange there is no such uniform platform. | For customer support, information exchange there is exists uniform platform. |
