Form Sa-42 - Annual Wholesale Trade Report Wholesale Distributors

Form Sa-42 - Annual Wholesale Trade Report Wholesale Distributors - 2010 Page 3

Form SA-42

Page 3

(09-24-2010)

E-COMMERCE

E-commerce is the sale of goods and services where the buyer places an order, or the price and the terms of

the sale are negotiated over an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), the Internet, or any other online system.

Payment may or may not be made online.

• EDI is the exchange of documents in standardized electronic form between organizations in an

automated manner directly from a computer application in one organization to an application in

another.

• Other online systems include the Internet, extranets, e-mail, and instant messaging.

A. Did you have any e-commerce sales (as described above) during 2010?

Yes - Continue with

No - Go to

on the next page

$ Bil.

Mil.

Thou.

Dol.

B. What was the total e-commerce sales for 2010?

•

This amount should equal the sum of

B1 and

B2 shown below.

•

Also include this amount in item

1. What were the EDI network sales during 2010, if any?

•

This includes EDI over the Internet

EDI is the exchange of documents in standardized electronic form

•

between organizations in an automated manner directly from a

computer application in one organization to an application in another.

2. What were the online system sales during 2010?

• This excludes EDI over the Internet

• Other online systems include the Internet, extranets, e-mail, and

instant messaging.

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