Amazon and eBay are ubiquitous in the world of online shopping, but did you know the first exchange of goods on the internet occurred when computer science students tried to buy weed online in 1971?
A history of online shopping Online shopping, from 1971-present 1971: Illegal drugs are sold on ARPANET 1984: Online shopping invented 1994: First encrypted retail transaction 1995: eBay is launched 1995: Amazon is founded 1998: PayPal is founded 2010: AliExpress is launched Pizza Day 2010: Bitcoin is first used to purchase physical goods 2014: Apple Pay launched 2015: First Amazon Prime Day
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