E-commerce history

By brantleyf17
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    History of e-commerce

  • Internet opens to commercial use

    The internet was opened to commercial use and e-commerce became possible

  • Amazon created

    Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos

  • Dell, Inc. founded

    Dell, Inc. was founded

  • Online payment methods introduced

    The introduction of online payment methods

  • Dell makes one million in sales

    Dell, Inc. was the first company to record a million dollars in online sales

  • Security protocals

    Security protocals and DSL allowed rapid access and a persistent connection to the internet to help e-commerce.

  • Definition of e-commerce changes

    Many businesses in the United States and Western Europe represented their businesses on the world wide web and the term e-commerce came to mean the buying of goods and services over the internet.

  • Business to Business

    The Business to Business model had around $700 billion in transactions

  • Amazon makes a profit

    Amazon.com made its first annual profit which was the first step to the further development.

  • E-commerce sales are up

    E-commerce sales accounted for 3.4% of total retail sales.