e-tailing

Web-based commerce

E-tailing is retail commerce conducted online—the selling of goods through websites rather than physical stores.

The term blends "electronic" with "retailing" and emerged alongside the commercial internet: Amazon transformed e-tailing in the 1990s.

Now largely displaced by "e-commerce" or simply "online shopping."

commerce

ecommerce

Internet-based buying and selling

marketplace · B2C · business-to-consumer · merchant · vendor · transaction · checkout · payment · shopping cart · catalog

logistics

shipping

Transporting goods to destinations

parcel · courier · tracking · doorstep · package · dispatch · carrier · express · overnight · supply chain

convenience

one-click

Purchase with single action

searchable · filter · auto-fill · reorder · wishlist · price comparison · recommendations · instant access

platforms

Amazon

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  • eBayWeb auction marketplace
  • AlibabaPersian folklore woodcutter
  • ShopifyE-commerce website builder

Etsy · Rakuten · Wayfair · Taobao

global

cross-border

Spanning national boundaries

currency conversion · multilingual · export · import · customs · tariffs · global marketplace · multinational · trade regulations · regional pricing

Opposites
retail channel/medium

e-tailingin-store shopping

Buying merchandise at physical locations

counter service · market stalls · door-to-door sales

Family

retailing

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Abstract · Rated G