What is eCommerce? -Transacting or facilitating business on the Internet is called eCommerce. Ecommerce is short for "electronic commerce". Popular examples of eCommerce revolve around buying and selling online. Sellers create storefronts that are the online equivalents of retail outlets, then buyers browse and purchase products through the sellers online store.
What does it mean to "integrate" with something? What specific information is being exchanged? When we talk about "integration" typically you are talking about 3 things. 1) Downloading order information from a shopping cart or marketplace. 2) Uploading completed order tracking numbers to the shopping cart or marketplace after shipping. 3) Giving accurate quotes to a shopping cart at order time. The information exchanged in each of these situations is different, but relevant to the activity being performed.
What is the definition of an eCommerce Integration? An eCommerce Integration is an integration that enables 2-way transfer of information. It typically pulls sales information from a shopping cart or Marketplace, generates label information for shipping, then pushes the shipping information, such as status and tracking number back to the cart or marketplace for the benefit of the buyer.