E-commerce: yesterday, today and tomorrow: Problems encountered and solution offers

In a period referred to as the information age, the computer age, the age of technological era or the internet age, when the social and commercial relationships between countries develop into globalization and the world shrinks to the size of a village at the point of communication the importance of "technology" which provides immense advantages to states, businesses and individuals gradually increases. The developments experienced in the computer, internet and communications sectors, which we can also refer to as information technology, bring along other technological progresses like a locomotive. Electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce, which can be considered as the most significant development in the economic field has also becoming widespread rapidly as an outcome of such developments. Despite the rapid progress of e-commerce, there are certain problems standing before of e- commerce, in terms of businesses and consumers. Identification and settlement of these problems will enable e-commerce volume to rise to desired levels. Definitions and general information about internet and e-commerce are presented in the first section of this study, which is composed of three sections, the problems encountered by consumers and businesses with regard to e-commerce and the solution offers for such problems are given in the second section, and a research analysis for e-commerce and encountered problems are provided in the final section.