Question

Explain any five E-Commerce revenue models.

Answer 1

Apart from the regular selling of commodities, today there are many other ways by which companies can make money from the Internet.

The other forms of E-Commerce activities are:

• Affiliate site-

1. It is a form of third-party marketing in which the site owner gets paid based on performance.
2. This site may be a price comparison service or shopping directories or review sites or blogs that contain a link to a normal retailing site and are paid when a customer makes a purchase through it.
3. The affiliate site usually attracts visitors by offering more information and tutorials on some specific product or a topic.

• Auction site-
  It is a kind of website, that auctions items on the Internet and levies some commission from the sales, e.g. https://www.ebay.com/
• Banner advertisement site-
  It displays advertisements of other companies in its websites and thereby earns revenue.
• Bulk-buying sites- 
  It collects a number of users together all of who want to buy similar items; the site negotiates a discount with the supplier and takes a commission. e.g. https://www.alibaba.com/
• Digital publishing sites- 

1. It effectively hosts e-books or magazines on the web.
2. They make profits in a number of ways such as advertising, selling, etc., https://wordpress. org/