Electronic commerce – better known as e-commerce – is the term that is used to define the business that is conducted over the internet. E-commerce uses online tools such as e-mail, instant messaging, shopping carts, Web services, UDDI, FTP, and EDI, among others. E-commerce can be transactions between businesses, businesses and consumers or consumer to consumer. With the recent rise in acceptance and popularity of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) the majority of e-commerce transactions now occur over mobile.