The global business landscape has been completely changed by e-commerce, which presents enterprises with previously unheard-of opportunity to penetrate new markets and gives consumers access to a wide variety of goods and services. But with the digital revolution came a plethora of new regulatory obstacles that firms, consumers, and governments all had to deal with. This study explores the complex web of e-commerce laws, looking at their historical development, present situation, and potential future effects.Starting with early attempts to adapt traditional trade laws to the digital sphere, the study traces the historical development of e-commerce rules to the introduction of specific legislation aimed at online transactions. It draws attention to the significant turning points and difficulties encountered during this evolutionary process, such as jurisdictional problems, international trade, taxation systems, consumer protection, data privacy, and intellectual property rights