When organizations go online, they have to decide which e-business models best suit their goals. A business model is defined as the organization of product, service and information flows, and the source of revenues and benefits for suppliers and customers. The concept of e-business model is the same but used in the online presence.
The following is a list of the currently most adopted e-business models such as:
- E-shops
- E-commerce
- E-procurement
- E-malls
- E-auctions
- Virtual Communities
Classification by provider and consumer
Roughly dividing the world into providers/producers and consumers/clients one can classify e-businesses into the following categories:
- Business-to-Business (B2B)
- Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
- Business-to-Employee (B2E)
- Business-to-Government (B2G)
- Government-to-Business (G2B)
- Government-to-Government (G2G)
- Government-to-Citizen (G2C)
- Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C)
- Consumer-to-Business (C2B)
