E-commerce (Electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet. These business transactions occur either as business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-consumer or consumer-to-business. The terms e-commerce and e-business are often used interchanged the term e-tail is also sometimes used in reference to transactional processes for online shopping. For a business to grow it may consistently reach new customers and communicate effectively with existing ones. if you have a physical storefront you’ve probably realized these two requirements for growth are not easily achieved. Creating an ecommerce website allows a retail store to break-through the limitation a physical location presents, while increasing sales of its products.