Categories: Ecommerce glossary
Bounce Message A bounce message is an error message that is automatically sent to the sender of an email when it could not be delivered to the recipient for various reasons.The term “tobounce” literally means “to bounce off” or “to throw back”. A bounce message, also known simply as a bounce or non-delivery notification (NDN) […]
Bookmark A bookmark refers to a highlighted page that a user can set individually for an Internet page. The bookmark is stored in a folder within the browser, so that easy access is possible at any time and favorite pages can be accessed quickly. Digital bookmarks Digital bookmarks are not a classic bookmark, but a […]
The credit assessment: checking creditworthiness The word creditworthiness has its origin in the Latin term bonitas, which means excellence. Creditworthiness is assessed on the basis of personal and economic creditworthiness, whereby professional qualifications and personal reliability are assessed as well as proof of income and balance sheets. The verification of creditworthiness is referred to as […]
The Blog: From Internet diary to informal communication platform The first blog appeared in the nineties and was often of a private nature in the beginning. That’s why blogs are still succinctly referred to as Internet diaries today. But that only applies to some of the platforms. Many blogs deal with a wide variety of […]
User ID uniquely identifies each user The user ID (also user ID) identifies a user by means of a unique user ID and grants access to a computer or a network. The user information, which is specific to each user, is used for authentication on a network. Logging in requires entering the user ID each […]
Benefiting achieves high emotional acceptance Benefiting is a form of advertising that is mainly used in e-commerce. However, benefiting can also include any advertising in which the addressee derives a direct benefit from advertising. The term is borrowed from English, the verb benefit means to draw a benefit or advantage from something. Benefiting increases the […]
BCC – Blind Carbon Copy is an address field in an email BCC is an abbreviation for Blind Carbon Copy and means blind copy. This blind copy is sent during correspondence via e-mail without the “set to blind” recipient being noticed by others. A big plus of BCC is that it is protected against spambots. […]
BC covers business transactions between a company and its customers BC is an abbreviation that refers to commercial relationships between companies (business) and end users (consumer) and has found its way into the German economy from English. More commonly, however, the abbreviations B2C or BtC are used. BC can be distinguished from business-to-business relationships (B2B) […]
B2G – Business to Government B2G relationships are generally defined as the relationships of companies with the government and its agencies. They are designed to improve communication and the effectiveness of cooperation between companies and the government. Closeness to the citizen through B2G In the course of increasingly internationalized bureaucracy within the framework of the […]
BB – The all-rounder of business communication BB is the abbreviation for Blackberry, which is a mobile device with extensive communication and organizer functions. The Blackberry combines all the features of common smartphones such as mail function, telephony, Short Message Service (SMS) and web browsing. In addition, the Blackberry contains typical functions of an organizer […]
Banner – popular advertising space on the Internet Banners are graphic advertising spaces on websites. Usually a graphic or even an animation file is used, common formats are GIF or Flash format. Banner advertising is often used in affiliate marketing. Clicking on the banner takes the user to the advertiser’s website via hyperlink. This is […]
Bandwidth – Frequency of data transmission Bandwidth is the measure of the data transmission rate, or more correctly, the frequency range provided for data transmission. The term is best known in connection with the Internet. In DSL technology, the bandwidth is specified with the unit bit/s and refers to the possible transmission capacity, i.e., the […]