Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungumthwebuli wezithombe ozisebenzelayo, ungumnikazi wesitolo sezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha, noma unolunye uhlobo lwebhizinisi elincane, iwebhusayithi enhle ibalulekile ukuze ibhizinisi lakho liphumelele. Isizathu esiphoqa kakhulu sokuba ku-inthanethi njengamanje ukufinyelela amakhasimende akho usuka kusofa wawo.
I-E-business ayifani ne-electronic commerce (ebuye ibizwe nge-e-commerce). Kudlulela ngale kwe-e-commerce ukufaka eminye imisebenzi efana nokuphathwa kwempahla, ukuqasha nge-inthanethi, ukuqeqesha, njll. I-E-commerce, ngakolunye uhlangothi, iphathelene nokuthengwa nokudayiswa kwezimpahla namasevisi. Ku-e-commerce, ukuthengiselana kwenzeka ku-inthanethi, umthengi nomthengisi abahlangani ubuso nobuso. Igama elithi "i-e-business" laqanjwa ithimba le-Internet and Marketing le-IBM ngo-1996.