Question

Differentiate between e-commerce and m-commerce.

Answer 1

E-commerce	M-commerce
Focuses on buying and selling online	Focus only on purchase through mobile devices and apps
For any transaction, there should be a website, internet connection for the buyer and seller	A mobile app is downloaded by the buyer and only requires his cellular data to complete a purchase
Technologies used are PHP, HTML – web stores platform	Android or Windows mobile app, hybrid or native apps used
Less expensive to create a website and use of internet	More expensive to build a mobile app and also cellular data costs
Location tracking of the consumers not possible	Uses GPS technology to track customers and hence offer location-based customizations
Security of the transactions include web security, multi-level authentication	Offers biometric authentication and hence more secure