e-retailers

Internet-based merchants

E-retailers are businesses that sell goods or services online rather than through physical stores.

The term covers pure online operations like Amazon as well as traditional retailers with e-commerce divisions: E-retailers have transformed holiday shopping habits.

Also written as e-tailers.

marketplace

Amazon

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  • eBayWeb auction marketplace
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Shopify · Rakuten · Wayfair · Zappos · Newegg · Overstock · Best Buy · Shein

operations

fulfillment

State of achieved purpose

payment gateway · shopping cart · checkout · warehousing · order processing · customer service · supply chain · shipping · tracking · merchandising

convenience

doorstep delivery

Parcels left at threshold

digital receipts · guest checkout · same-day delivery · free shipping · hassle-free

global

cross-border shipping

Transport across national boundaries

import duties · tariffs · tax compliance · trade regulations · exchange rates

Opposites
sales channel

e-retailersbrick-and-mortar stores

Shops with street addresses

shopping malls · department stores · corner shops · boutiques · big-box stores

business model modernity

e-retailerstraveling salesmen

Mobile commercial representatives

peddlers · general stores

Family

e-retailer, retailer, retailers, retail, retails, retailed, retailing, tailer, tail

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G