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Online store. Online payments. Mobile commerce. Contrary to what you might think, e-commerce didn’t burst onto the scene overnight. It has been around in various forms for years and improves daily. Before we can truly celebrate the present and future e-commerce accomplishments, it’s a good idea to look back and review its history.

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Sims, L. (2018). Introduction to E-commerce. In: Building Your Online Store With WordPress and WooCommerce. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3846-2_1

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