Consumers are going to have to fork out extra for e-books, music, movies and television online.

After two decades of decline from piracy, the music business is enjoying a recovery thanks to paid streaming services like Spotify.

Brynley King's family has made millions selling an obscure product from her Gold Coast garage to the world on Alibaba.com.

WATCH: Billionaire Jack Ma dominates the Chinese e-commerce world - it made him China's richest man.

Vinomofo's loyal Australian audience will soon be ordering Kiwi wines by the caseload as it expands to start sellling to local wine lovers.

After a pop-up sale last month, online wine seller Vinomofo is coming to New Zealand.

Kiwi shoppers are seeking bargains on British online shops while the pound plunges in the wake of the Brexit vote.

A US online retailer has caused a stir following the listing of items deemed culturally offensive - including shower curtains.

Is the Asian giant on the brink of collapse, or finding its new economic direction?

The little delivery robots designed by Starship and a competing U.S. startup called Dispatch are the BB-8s and Wall-E's of e-commerce.

Trade Minister Todd McClay says the Government is assessing the implications of recent regulatory changes in China's cross border e-commerce market.

COMMENT: You find lower prices online than at bricks-and-mortar stores, right? Wrong.

Will Foodstuffs locally-owned system mean it'll struggle to cope with online grocery shopping?

The Dick Smith name may live on - after an Australian e-commerce entrepreneur announced last night he'd bought up the collapsed retailer's intellectual property.

Online shopping spending soared 15 per cent in January.

Amazon might soon be joining other e-commerce pioneers and open up traditional stores in malls.

Twenty Chinese e-commerce companies have been invited to New Zealand to attend the Bank of China's (BOC) 'Building Online Distribution' event to be held on Friday.

Groupon says it's laying off 10 per cent of its workforce.

Kiwi e-commerce company Fishpond.co.nz has been fined $50k for selling a dog tracking device and a digital walkie talkie which could create safety risks.

Most NZ shoppers say the imposition of GST won't deter them from shopping online.

Barry Soper: Buying over the Internet, or online, is a no brainer. It comes down to two things, choice and cost.

The government has announced plans to start collecting tax on online services including music, movies and e-books.

Prime Minister John Key says a discussion document would be released this week on targeting offshore purchases.

A Govt decision on imposing GST on more online shopping is expected to be made today, with the details made public on Tuesday.

It looks like Amazon is poised to bang another nail into the coffin of British supermarkets.

The Government's move to extend GST to digital products is a common sense idea, says Alex Malley.

Changing the GST threshold of overseas online goods won't deter Bella Katz. Here's why.

News of a big cut to the GST threshold on online purchases for New Zealand shoppers could be just days away.

Luxury brands selling online are stepping up efforts to combat sales of counterfeit and grey-market goods.