C2C
n. Relating to transactions in which a consumer sells a service or product directly to another consumer.
Etymology
Examples
2000
In the parlance of the Valley, Web sites that let you swap your old junk with other people's are known as C2C goods-bartering sites. (For the English-speaking, that's "consumer-to-consumer.")
—“'I'll Trade You Duran Duran for Michael Bolton',” Newsweek, April 24, 2000
2000
B2B transactions are easily distinguishable from
business-to-consumer, or B2C, such as someone's buying a book on Amazon.com. An example of C2C commerce? Why, online auctioneer eBay."
—Don Knox, “It's Y2K, so B2B is where it's @,” Orange County Register, March 27, 2000
1999 (earliest)
There are all kinds of possible combinations: b2c, c2c, b2g. B
is, of course, for business. C is for consumers. G is government.
—Kevin Maney, “Venture capitalists eat up alphabet soup,” USA Today, September 15, 1999
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