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E-commerce
E-commerce involves all financial activities and services conducted over the Internet. It includes online
shopping, online banking, trading of stocks and bonds, online ticket booking, and transmitting of funds
and digital documents.
E-commerce enables an individual or an organisation to conduct cashless financial transactions using
electronic modes of payment, such as credit cards, debit cards, e-wallets, netbanking, and mobile
banking.
Flipkart.com, Paytm.com, and axisbank.com are some popular e-commerce websites.
E-learning
E-learning refers to the use of technology to enable
a user to learn a course of his/her choice at a place
and time as per his/her convenience. It includes all
kinds of learning services, offline or online, such as
multimedia DVDs, computer based tutorials and
online courses.
Many websites offer tutorials on various subjects
and topics for free or for a nominal fee. Shiksha.com,
Meritnation.com, Vedantu.com, and JagranJosh.com
are some popular e-learning websites.
E-cards
E-card or electronic card is an online service that lets
a user send an electronic greeting card to another
user as email with a link to view the card. An e-card
can contain text, audio and animation, and may be
interactive. You can send e-cards to your friends
and relatives on their birthdays, anniversaries and
other occasions.
Some popular e-card websites are 123greetings.com,
egreetings.gov.in, e-cards.com, bluemountain.com,
and ecards4ever.com.
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