Most people think ecommerce means online shopping. But online shopping is only a small part of the ecommerce picture. The term also refers to online stock and bond transactions, buying and downloading software without ever going near any store. In addition, ecommerce includes business-to-business connections that make purchasing easier for big corporations.

The things that ecommerce include, especially for small businesses:

Creating the web site.

Finding reliable ecommerce hosting.

Taking the orders.

Accepting payments.