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E-business is broader than e-commerce; including the transaction based e-commerce businesses and those who run traditionally but cater to online activities as well. E-commerce branches into two major groups: online purchasing and online shopping. Online purchasing businesses offer customers the ability to find information, place orders, request quotes or prices and submit purchase orders.
eBusiness (e-Business), or Electronic Business, is the administration of conducting business via the Internet. This would include the buying and selling of goods and services, along with providing technical or customer support through the Internet. And Electronic commerce, commonly written as e-commerce or eCommerce, is the trading or facilitation of trading in products or services using computer networks, such as the Internet or online social networks.
BASIS FOR COMPARISON E-COMMERCE E-BUSINESS
Meaning Trading of merchandise, over the internet is known as E-commerce. Running business using the internet is known as E-business.
What is it? Subset Superset
Is it limited to monetary transactions? Yes No
What they carry out? Commercial transactions Business transactions
Approach Extroverted Ambiverted
Requires Website Website, CRM, ERP, etc.
Which network is used? Internet Internet, Intranet and Extranet.