Ecommerce is a rather boring word. Maybe it's the preponderance of the "commerce," rather than the "e," but it in no way represents the truly amazing hold that Internet sales have taken on the world.
In the UK this week, history has been made with the first single getting to number one by ecommerce alone. Available to download since March 13th, but only having gone on sale today, the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" hit the number one spot yesterday after being downloaded more than 31,000 times.
Before downloads became part of the way the charts are gauged last year, the singles chart in the UK was bottoming out. Most people no longer wanted to pay between$2.00 ($3.50) and £4.00 pounds for a single. They would rather wait for the album to come out. By using ecommerce, and making singles available for only 79p each ($1.37), the singles chart has been revitalized again.
Gnarls Barkley's Crazy is a great song, but it is also the sign of things to come. Ecommerce is everywhere these days, and whether you are planning to study business, computer science, or any other online degree, you can guarantee you wiil be part of it.
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