business-to-consumer

Company sells directly

Business-to-consumer, often abbreviated B2C, describes commercial transactions where companies sell products or services directly to individual customers rather than to other businesses.

The term emerged with e-commerce to distinguish online retail from wholesale or industrial sales.

Amazon is the dominant business-to-consumer platform in the United States.

B2C marketing focuses on emotional appeals and convenience, targeting personal needs rather than organizational purchasing decisions.

advertising

commercials

Paid promotional broadcasts

endorsements · infomercials · slogans · television · radio · digital · influencers

ecommerce

Amazon

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wishlist · shipping · Alibaba · Shopify

marketing

demographics

Statistical population characteristics

retail

storefront

Retail facade facing street

shelf · supermarket · boutique · showroom · packaging

transaction

purchase

Goods obtained for payment

  • paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
  • pricingEstablishing monetary amounts charged
  • discountReduced price offered

deal · invoice · receipt · warranty · exchange · refund · subscription · upsell

Opposites
transaction party type

business-to-consumerbusiness-to-business

Commerce between companies

B2B · intercompany · wholesale

commercial scale and distribution model

business-to-consumerwholesale

Bulk sales to merchants

bulk sales · trade · distribution · supply chain · industrial

transaction direction

business-to-consumerpeer-to-peer

Serverless network architecture

P2P

Family

business, consumer, busily, busyness, businesses, consume, consumes, consumed, consuming

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G