Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 on E-commerce

Abstract

E-commerce is an assembly for trading goods or services on the Internet, and he breaks the traditional trading model. With the advent of the information age and the rapid development of technology, e-commerce has become a common form of transaction. However, from 2019, COVID-19 has affected various industries around the world, among which E-commerce has been greatly influence. Some researchers have found that when most industries were affected by the epidemic and income depression, e-commerce not only did not receive the impact, but also developed better. In this article, it is found that the development of e-commerce was not limited but developed rapidly during COVID-19 because people's travel was restricted by the epidemic, some public places were forcibly closed, and e-commerce itself could break through the time and place restrictions. E-commerce may be able to influence or change people's consumption habits and the way buyers and sellers transact in the near future, so it is necessary to study e-commerce during the COVID-19. These results shed light on guiding further exploration of impact analysis for COVID-19.