global b c ecommerce accounted for an estimated trillion in ibid given this rapid expansion it will not take long before this form of trading dominates global transactions ecommerce presents much development potential especially in mitigating some of the disadvantages arising out of smallness and remoteness but numerous policy implications and challenges need to be thoroughly analysed to ensure this form of trading does not go unregulated and out of control impacts with regard to traditional ways of conducting business revenue origin of products and services employment and intellectual property rights are among the areas that will require attention given the lack of a uniform and universally accepted approach it is difficult to precisely ascertain the amount of trade being conducted through ecommerce