Technology, which have been developing at an increasing rate in the twentieth century, gave birth to the internet in the last quarter of the century. The internet has changed the way of doing business all over the world and has completely solved the communication problem and created new opportunities. With the twenty-first century, great transformations have started through the internet and digitalization has been integrated into all areas of life. Commercial activities have also been affected by this digital transformation, and as a result, great transformations and opportunities have emerged for entrepreneurs and businesses.

1. What is Digital Commerce?

While there is no single accepted definition of digital commerce, there is a growing consensus that trade in goods that can be delivered digitally or physically and involving consumers, firms and governments that includes transactions that can be performed digitally. The movement of data is the basis of digital commerce. Data is not only a means of production, but also an asset and a tool that can be traded on its own. It also directly supports physical trade by facilitating trade. Data is also at the center of service models that will make new and rapidly growing business activities such as cloud systems, Internet of Things (IoT) and additive manufacturing even more efficient.

2. How Does Digitalization Affect Trade?

Linked to rapid technological change and digitalization, the Fourth Industrial Revolution has already had a profound impact on the way we do business. Digital payments, data flows, and especially cross-border digital service delivery have also gained momentum with the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies should recognize digital commerce as an important emerging field with the potential to deliver long-term gains. Digitalization has increased the scale, scope and speed of commerce. It allows companies to sell new products and services to digitally active customers around the world. With the emergence of e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, e-Bay and Alibaba, international trade has changed dimensions. These platforms offer manufacturers in every country of the world platforms where they can sell their goods through digital channels. Thanks to these platforms, which act as an online marketplace that brings together producers and customers, producers and consumers trade with relatively low costs.

3. Digitalization and Business Intelligence

Although the workforce need for some business areas has decreased as a result of technological developments such as digitalization and automation, new business needs often arise. Commercial companies can gain great advantages thanks to e-commerce sites, and they can access new opportunities that can expand their business and new information that will allow them to compete successfully with competitors, thanks to business intelligence. Trade Atlas is a leading e-commerce platform in the field of business intelligence in Turkey, with more than 17 million bills of lading documents collected from 230 countries. Categorizing the data compiled from various official sources in detail, Trade Atlas offers this data to the companies dealing with export and import.

As a result of the acceleration of digitalization, trading has become possible through a computer or phone connected to the Internet. There is no longer a need to physically see a commodity or physically engage in trade. Again, thanks to the data science technologies, business intelligence has become widespread and has created great advantages for companies that can use intelligence efficiently. In this way, international trade has become accessible with low costs and many companies have been enabled to take an active role in international markets.

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