The state of e-commerce and how it started

The state of e-commerce and how it started
Although electronic commerce, or e-commerce as everyone knows, has started to be preferred as a shopping method in our country in recent years, it actually has a history of more than twenty years in the world, especially in the USA and Europe. So how did it all start? In August 1994, a CD that 21-year-old Dan Kohn sold to his friend, who was about 500 kilometers away from the e-commerce site NetMarket founded, was recorded as the first e-commerce transaction(1). Although online e-commerce started like this, it made its big leap with Amazon, founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, and eBay, founded by Pierre Omidyar at the same time. These companies, which are considered to be the pioneers of e-commerce, continue to shape the world e-commerce market and today, together with Alibaba, which was founded in 1999. Although e-commerce has been on the rise in our country in recent years, its history actually dates back to 1998, when Hepsiburada.com was founded. Even before the establishment of Alibaba, one of the world's giants with this feature. Why do we love e-commerce so much? The most important feature that makes e-commerce so attractive and attractive is its accessibility feature, which is valid for both buyers and sellers. The biggest advantage of e-commerce is that we can access countless different products and services on a single screen in a very short time. In addition, it offers attractive opportunities for customers such as product/price comparisons and discounts. It offers the opportunity to sell faster and cheaper with the e-commerce method, which provides numerous advantages for the providers. With e-commerce and its ancillary tools, providers have the opportunity to offer their customers and potential target audiences a 24/7 open store.

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