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The increasingly important role of the Internet in consumers' decision-making processes and virtualization of business activities triggers a cultural change in society, which is reflected in the development of the knowledge-based information society. The goal of this article is to present the virtualization of marketing in the strategic area, which involves the use of the Internet in innovative ways at all stages of the process of value management for the customer, i.e. in the stages of defining and shaping values, as well as its communication and distribution. The development trends of marketing activities conducted on the Internet have been shown through the prism of competing processes and achievement of sustainable competitive advantage by the interested companies. It should be noted that in the future the scope of virtualization of the marketing activities will depend on the degree of its acceptability to the consumers. It is particularly important in the context of increasing awareness and expectations of the Internet societies, pertaining to the improvement of standards of personal data protection and consumer privacy. The development of virtualization of marketing and consumption will also depend on the competence of customers and on the creation of a culture of trust and cooperation between companies and their customers.