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B2C

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

/ˌbiː tə ˈsiː/abbreviationCore term

In e-commerce, B2C means: Short for business-to-consumer: a business selling directly to individual people who buy for their own use, as most online shops do.

In Turkish: işletmeden tüketiciye, B2C

How it is used

Used to describe a business model, a market or a team: B2C e-commerce, a B2C brand, B2C customers. It is often contrasted with B2B. Said letter by letter, with 'to' in the middle: B-to-C.

Example sentences

  1. Our B2C site sells single items, while the wholesale portal handles bulk orders.

  2. In B2C, customers expect next-day delivery and easy returns.

Common collocations

  • B2C e-commerce
  • B2C brand
  • B2C customers
  • B2C market
  • B2BShort for business-to-business: one company selling products or services to other companies, such as a wholesaler supplying shops.
  • direct-to-consumerDescribes a brand that makes its own products and sells them straight to customers, mainly through its own online store, without wholesalers or retail chains.
  • e-commerceBuying and selling goods or services over the internet, including everything around it: online stores, payments, delivery and customer service.
  • online storeA website or app where a business shows its products and customers can order and pay for them without visiting a physical shop.

This word in other fields

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