What Commerce is

In general it means to conduct transactions online. It is considered a technological term because any kind of commerce conducted online requires a technological application behind it. From a marketing point-of-view, commerce is discussed with reference to the three big C's: content, commerce, and community. These are thought to be the three components driving the new economy.

The meaning of M-commerce

(mobile commerce) A form of e-commerce that deals in the fees a company collects for licensing, advertising, or selling subscriptions to the content or services offered on mobile devices. With the popularity of cell phones and PDAs, portable devices such as these are becoming Web-enabled through wireless networks and WAP. M-commerce is considered a form of e-commerce (just as d-commerce is) because it has to do with monies generated for a product or service that exists electronically on the Internet. In other words, even though the content appears on mobile phones and other wireless communications devices, as opposed to computer screens, m-commerce is still considered e-commerce.