Karakteristik e commerce yang berbeda dengan perdagangan konvensional menjadikan e-commerce sebagai sesuatu yang masih baru dan belum banyak dipahami bagi sebagian masyarakat Indonesia. Melihat fenomena bisnis e-commerce yang pesat maka sangat penting menempatkan konsumen sebagai subjek yang sangat erat kaitannya dengan bisnis e-commerce.
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian hukum normatif dari UU Perlindungan Konsumen dan UU Perdagangan sebagai acuan melihat perlindungan konsumen dalam perdagangan e-commerce.
Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan terdapat beberapa faktor yang menghambat keberlangsungan kegiatan e-commerce di Indonesia sehingga diperlukan campur tangan pemerintah diperlukan fungsi pengawasan yang lebih efektif dikarenakan karakteristik e-commerce yang berbeda dengan perdagangan konvensional.
The Characteristics of e-commerce which is different from the conventional trade making e-commerce as something that is new and has not been understood for some people in Indonesia Looking at the phenomenon of e-commerce businesses are rapidly it is important to put the consumers as a subject that is closely associated with the e-commerce business.
This research is a normative legal research of the Consumer Protection Act and the Trade Act as a reference to see consumer protection in e commerce trading.
The Results of this study concludes that there are several factors that hamper the sustainability of e commerce activities in Indonesia so that required government intervention it is necessary that the supervisory function over due to the characteristics of e commerce that is different from the conventional trade.