ABSTRACT

Unlike traditional commerce that is carried out physically with effort of a person to go and get products, electronic commerce has made it easier for human to reduce physical work of go to the store. E-commerce and online shopping in Nigeria is getting a noticeable growth as more usage of internet facilities, high educational standards, changing lifestyle and economic growth of the country reasons in the demand of e-commerce techniques and tools. The best advantage of e-commerce is the ability to provide secure shopping transactions with the internet and instant payment verification and validation of card transactions. One of the most important issues to be addressed in electronic commerce is the area of trust in services. The primary purpose of the study is to examine and uncover the impact of e-commerce and also identify the issues and areas important to the implementation of e-commerce that may help in enhancing the productivity in the economic growth of the country.