HISTORY OF ONLINE SHOPPING FROM TIME TO TIME
Hi guys! how are you? I hope you are always healthy and happy.
You certainly can’t escape the all-powerful technology right? because technology makes activities lighter and easier.
Especially in the buying and selling sector. The presence of e-commerce makes it easier and faster for people to shop.
In 2020, online shopping users in Indonesia will increase to 88%. Can you imagine how big online shopping users are?
Quoted from acehardwaremaldives.com Seeing this phenomenon, have you ever thought about or “intrigued” about the history of online shopping? Come on, see this article to add to your insight about the history of online shopping.
History of online shopping
He invented online shopping to enable online transaction processing between consumers and businesses or from business to business. This technique became known as e-commerce.
At first, Aldrich connected the modified TV to a computer and then processed transactions in real time via telephone.
He believes that TV technology with a simple menu-driven modified system is a new communication medium that can be applied as a whole after the advent of the telephone.
This allows “closed” company information systems to be seen by “outsiders”.
The processes Aldrich created were not only for transaction processing but also for electronic messaging and information retrieval and dissemination which is now known as e-business.
After that, in 1980, Aldrich distributed his creations to online shopping sites spread across England and experienced significant development.
Then, how is the development of online shopping in Indonesia?
In Indonesia, online shopping was first built by Andrew Darwis in 1999 by establishing a buying and selling forum called Kaskus. Then followed by the buying and selling platform Bhinneka.com.
Then online shopping experienced a fairly high development. However, not all people enthusiastically welcome its existence. It took some time to convince people to use e-commerce.
In the 2010s, online shopping began to show its existence by presenting several e-commerce unicorns such as Tokopedia, Gojek, Bukalapak, and so on.
Seeing the increasing development of online shopping in Indonesia, December 12, 2012 was designated as a national online shopping day (harbolnas).
All e-commerce participate in enlivening Harbolnas by creating promotional ideas and interesting events to increase e-commerce brand awareness.
Not only every December 12th, every month on a certain date they also hold promotions such as Harbolnas.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the results of a BPS survey, it showed that as many as 27.20% experienced an increase in online shopping activities. Meanwhile, 35.49% experienced a decrease in online shopping activities and the rest remained the same.
The millennial generation is the highest generation using online shopping. This is a great opportunity to take advantage of the current pandemic situation to do business online.
Like being a fashion e-commerce in Indonesia, which is in great demand by the millennial generation. You can shop online for Japanese-style casual fashion needs for men, women, and children.
That’s the history of online shopping from time to time. Hopefully this article can help you answer the history of online shopping, guys!
