What was the first ever recorded ecommerce transaction? Who bought what from whom?
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According to the Digital Research Initiative, the first retail transaction occurred on 11 August 1994. No further details available. (http://www.ibiblio.org/team/history/pioneers/pioneers.html)\n\nThis c|net News article gives more details -\n\nhttp://news.com.com/E-commerce+turns+10/2100-1023_3-5304683.html\n\non Aug. 11, 1994, the college grads that founded NetMarket in Nashua, N.H., claimed they had conducted the very first secure retail transaction on the Web.\n\nThey said the first item purchased via a Web site protected by commercially available data encryption technology was the CD "Ten Summoner's Tales" by Sting, according to former NetMarket founder Daniel Kohn. One of Kohn's Swarthmore College classmates purchased the CD with his credit card for $12.48, plus shipping costs, exactly 10 years ago on Wednesday, according to a New York Times article that chronicled the transaction and credited the company with making e-commerce history.
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Did somebody finally buy that monster?
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Yeah, The company was involved in some sort of scam some 7 years back. Why do you ask?\nWhat exactly do you wanna know?
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What is E-Commerce.\nElectronic Commerce (E-Commerce) is simply any business transacted electronically.\nIn today's parlance it has come to mean "Business transacted over the Internet".\n\nE-Commerce consists of three components.\n\n1. A Merchant Account. The Merchant Account gives you the ability to take Credit Card information from your \nprospective customers. There are many sites on the Internet where you can apply for a Merchant Account. Typically\nyou pay from $100 - $300 to start this process. Ultimately the Merchant Account is issued through an \nAuthorizing Bank. Click here to access EasyCart Merchant Account provider partners.\n\nThink of the Merchant Account as a Drivers License. Just because you have a Drivers License doesn't mean you \ncan drive. In order to move around you need a vehicle! Likewise - in order for you to use your Merchant Account \nyou need a vehicle to move the information around. An example of how to move this information might be a \ntelephone. You could just ask your website prospects to call you on the phone. The phone is then your vehicle \nto move the Credit Card information.\n\n2. Online Shopping Cart software is another example of a vehicle to move Credit Card and ordering information. \nYour customers can efficiently order 24 hours a day. Also a Shopping Cart eliminates some potential for error \nbecause there is only one human involved in the process - rather than two. Online Shopping Cart software also \nincreases your credibility on the Internet.\n\nThe Shopping Cart is a vehicle that enables you to; Get the ordering information from the customer; Verify via \nemail to the customer that the order has been made; Deliver the notification and ordering information to the seller. \nThe more information the shopping cart can collect - the wider it's application can be.\n\n3. Transaction Device or Software is how you Deliver the money. Now that you have the customers money - \n(Credit Card information)- you need a place to deposit it. Your Bank! But you still have some choices to make. \nAre you going to walk in and place the transaction with the Teller? Are you going to drop it in the Night Deposit \nbox? Are you going to utilize the bank's Drive In option?\n\nIn the same manner you have to decide how you are going to deposit the E-Commerce transaction into \nyour bank account.\n\nHere again you have 3 basic choices.\n\nA device in your office to enter the transaction over the phone lines. This device will be similar to those you \nsee in retail stores when you buy something using a credit card. There are many options with widely \nvarying prices. \nInternet software that enables you to 'deposit' your transaction over the Internet. Typically by filling out an \nonline form. Here again you will find a rather wide variation - in most cases you will need to rent the software \non a monthly basis. \nReal Time Credit Processing. This is the service provided by companies such as AuthorizeNet. Using this \nmethod your Shopping Cart interfaces with the Real Time Credit Processing company to complete the transaction. \nThis takes place automatically while the customer is placing the order. Using this method the customer and the \nseller is notified as to whether the credit card account has sufficient funds to enable the transaction. \nThe only difference between these three is how the transaction is entered with the bank. We suggest you use the \nmethod most economical to your situation.
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start with the person you bought it from, ask where they got it from and down the line till you find the original owner, I gues that is what you are asking
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There is no evidence that Paypal bought out Bidpay.  I don't think Bidpay was ever really a big force in the online billing service arena.  I have used both Bidpay and Paypal and I much prefer Paypal.\n\nYou might recall that eBay used to have its own online service called something like Billpoint.  It was a failure and then eBay purchased Paypal.  With Paypal, you get your money instantly via email.  With Bidpay, you got your money in the form of a Western Union money order.  In fact, Bidpay used to be called Western Union Auction Payments.\n\nThe first time I used Bidpay to pay for a purchase on eBay, the payment never arrived and then had to resend the money order.  If I recall correctly, their fees were higher than Paypal.  With Bidpay, the buyer pays the fees.  With Paypal, the seller pays the transactions fees.  Paypal was cheaper and offered better service.\n\nLook you moron, you posted a stupid theory and I rebutted it.  Bidpay closed because it sucked.  Paypal is a better service with lots more users.  And who said I paid for a new  money order?
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Yes, I purchased a USB Flash Drive that was counterfeit. Because I received something I was not protected with Paypal or Ebay...they only help you if you received NOTHING! Ebay kicked her off, Paypal said sorry...so I filed a formal complaint the the Internet Crime Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov\nI also ran a search on the buyer to find out everything about her and contacted the Economic Crimes Division of her local Police Department and explained the situation to them...they accepted the case for criminal prosecution...it is still in the works. They have already obtained a search warrant for the Paypal and Ebay transaction records......sure sucks to mess with someone in law enforcement!!
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people who've done business with them
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Bill Gates.\n\nNo question about it. Fully documented.
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i bought my in the internet
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It's a treaky question... :)\nI guess in this case you have to track two purchases and take the difference to assume the previous one...
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But when u purchased it ?
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eBay you ever heard of it?
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Have you tried Amazon.co.uk or ebay.co.uk?
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India has been one of the earliest issuers of coins in the world (circa 6th Century BC). The first "rupee" is believed to be introduced by Sher Shah Suri (1486-1545).
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osCommerce, definitely.
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Try here:\n\nhttp://www.ecommercetimes.com/