mobile commerce
Phone-based buying
Mobile commerce refers to buying and selling goods and services through wireless handheld devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Often shortened to m-commerce, it encompasses everything from purchasing apps and making online payments to scanning QR codes and using digital wallets at physical stores.
Mobile commerce has overtaken desktop shopping for many retailers.
The term distinguishes transactions conducted on mobile devices from traditional e-commerce done on desktop computers.
- smartphonesHandheld touchscreen computers
- payment gatewaysSystems processing online purchases
- contactlessRequiring no physical touch
- digital walletsVirtual payment storage
- online shoppingInternet-based retail activity
tokenization · tablets · data encryption · QR codes · scan and go · in-app purchase · shopping cart · virtual storefronts · 5G technology · same day delivery · NFC · wearable technology · digital marketplace · e-business · loyalty programs · biometric authentication · app · responsive design
- e-commercecheckout, shopping cart, online shopping, cart, online retail
- online shoppingAmazon, cart, checkout, Walmart, buy button
- retail channelsretail stores, wholesale, direct sales, franchises, kiosks
- digital economydigital payments, online shopping, digital marketplace, digital markets, online marketplace
- E-commerce historydot-com boom, dot-com bust, online auctions, shopping carts, Amazon Prime
- mobile commercedigital wallets, in-app purchases, one-click buy, Apple Pay, Google Pay