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"The story of DecorMyEyes suggests that 15 years after the birth of online commerce..." I'm curious what caused them to choose 1995 as the birth of online comm
by j_baker 16y ago
"The story of DecorMyEyes suggests that 15 years after the birth of online commerce..."
I'm curious what caused them to choose 1995 as the birth of online commerce. It wasn't paypal's founding. That was in 98.
- seiji 16y agoViaweb, obviously. Wikipedia says amazon.com was founded both in 1994 and 1995. Or maybe Windows 95?
- btilly 16y agoThe right starting date is 1993. Because that is when the first commercial online site came online. However that company got sold to AOL in 1995. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Network_Navigator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Network_Navigator for details. The second company to try to make money on the web was Netscape. It was founded in 1994, however its IPO was in 1995. So that is two reasons why 1995 is important at the beginning of online commerce.