1960

• BASICALLY THIS IS THE YEAR WHERE ECOMMERCE STARTED, BACK THEN IT WAS CALLED THE ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE. IT ALLOWED COMPANIES TO CARRY OUT ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS.

1979

• MICHEAL ALDRICH INVENTED THE ONLINE SHOPPING, THE ONLINE SHOPPING HAS CHANGED WAY WE SELL OR BUY OUR GOOD AND SERVICES.

1981• THOMSON HOLIDAY INTRODUCE THE VERY FIRST EVER B2B ELECTRONIC

TRANSACTION USING ONLINE TRANSACTION. B2B- BUSINESS TO BUSINESS TRANSACTION COULD BE IN THE FORM OF PURCHASEMENT OR ORDERS FROM OTHER BUSINESSES.

1989

• PEAPOD THEN NOW SEES THE OPPORTUNITY THAT ECOMMERCE CAN OPERATE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY, THEY INTRODUCE THE GROCERY ONLINE STORE. AS MUCH AS EVERYTHING HAS BEEN AT THE TOUCH OF A FINGER IT IS FAIR THAT GROCERY STORES USE THIS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE JUST LIKE PEAPOD DID.

1995

• IN 1995 THAT’S WHEN AMAZON TOOK THE PLATFORM AND START SELLING

• AUCTION SITES ALSO CAME TO SURFACE WHEN THE AUCTION WEB LAUNCHES A SITE SOON TO BE RECHRISTENED BY EBAY

• LATER AFTER THAT WE HAD A COMPANY CALLED THE VERISIGN BEGINS DEVELOPING DIGITAL IDS

2001

EVERYTHING WAS DONE ON THE LAPTOPS AND DESKTOPS ONLY BACK THEN, BUT THEN AMAZON.COM BE CAME INNOVATIVE AND TOOK ECOMMERCE TO ANOTHER LEVEL, THAT’S WHEN THEY INTRODUCED THE MOBILE ECOMMERCE

2005

• YOUTUBE, FIRST INTERNET RETAILER CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITIONS

• YOUTUBE WAS LAUNCHED

• WEB 2.0 MAKES SITES MORE INTERACTIVE

• THE FINAL RELEASE OF VALUE MART

2010

• MAGNETO MOBILE IS RELEASED ALLOWING STORE OWNERS TO CREATE NATIVE MOBILE STOREFRONT APPS

• E-COMMERCE GETS SERIOUS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND MORE PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN BUSINESS AND CONSUMERS