E-Commerce

In the beginning of Chapter 7 in Tapscott's book, he talks about a form of commerce called E-Commerce, or the buying and selling of goods online. He states that because children and young adults do not have credit cards the concept of E-commerce has not caught on. He then goes on to state that what these kids do instead is research what they want to buy on line, and then go into a store and purchase it in person. However, what I can't understand is why that isn't considered E-Commerce. The site I have listed is a link to the WikiPedia definition of E-Commerce, because I believe that the definition should be changed. E-Commerce should not be thought of as the solid buying and selling over the internet but, instead, the research of products online to figure out what you want. I believe this, because before the internet, a person had to go to several stores to find out what they wanted and what it offered to them. Now, however, a person is able to do all their research online, and then they just walk in and out of a store with what they want. Due to this, I believe the world of commerce has been changed because in order for a product to sell well, it has to have all its information stated online for kids to look at quickly.

E-Commerce