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What are the disadvantages of e- commerce?

What are the disadvantages of e- commerce?

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John
1. Not every company can benefit from e - commerce - some small companies may have insufficient technology and therefore not being able to carry out business online.
2. E - commerce delays goods - some of the businesses may be far from the consumers thus taking long time before the goods are delivered.
3. Leads to increase of unemployment rates - since electronics are used very few intermediaries will be required in the business transactions.
4. Inability to feel physical goods - some goods such as vehicles requires testing and therefore it is very hard to determine its working through e - commerce.
5. Lack of touch between the buyer and the seller - am work is done through the internet, whereby the seller can be very far from the buyer hence there is no fa e to face communication where buyer can have q high bargaining power.
Jonmhumble answered the question on October 24, 2017 at 18:00

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