eCommerce History

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    EDI allows network transaction

  • Michael Aldrich invented online shopping

  • Thomson Holidays, UK is first B2B online shopping.

  • Minitel was introduced and used for online ordering.

  • Gateshead SIS/Tesco is first B2C online shopping.

  • Nissan UK sells cars and finance with credit checking.

  • Swreg begins to provide software

  • Tim Berners-Lee writes the first web browser, WorldWideWeb3 Apr 1990

  • Netscape releases the Navigator browser in October

  • Jeff Bezos launches Amazon.com

  • Electronic postal stamps can be purchased

  • Business.com sold for US $7.5 million to eCompanies

  • The dot-com bust.

  • eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion.

  • Amazon.com posts first yearly profit.

  • Business.com acquired by R.H. Donnelley for $345 million

  • Zappos.com acquired by Amazon.com for $928 million.

  • Groupon reportedly rejects a $6 billion offer from Google.

  • US eCommerce and Online Retail sales projected to reach $197 billion.