Electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce (electronic commerce in English), containing the selling and buying of products or services through electronic channels such as internet and other computer networks means.
Originally the term was applied on the execution of data transfar through electronic means such as electronic data interchange, however with the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web in the mid-90s began to refer mainly to the sale of goods and through Internet services, as a way of using electronic means, such as credit card payment.
Most e-commerce consists of the buying and selling of products or services among individuals and companies, however, a considerable percentage of electronic commerce is the acquisition of virtual goods (software and derivatives mostly), such as access to Content "premium" of a website.
