Xa i-Intanethi yayiqala ukukhula ukuthandwa, abantu babengayithembi i- ukuyithengisa ngekhompyutha ngenxa yokoyika ubuqhetseba, ukubiwa kwesazisi kunye nolwazi lwezezimali. Kwixesha langoku, imeko ibitshintsha kwaye kuyinyani ukuba ngoku baninzi abantu abangaphezulu Thenga kwi-Intanethi kunokuba kwakunjalo kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo. Ngelixa kuyinyani oko ubunikazi kunye nolwazi lweenkcukacha luhlala luyinkxalabo enkulu, la Indaleko ye-ecommerce wenze ukuthengwa kwi-intanethi kube yinto eyamkelwa ngokubanzi kubathengi abaninzi.
Ngokuvumelana ngokubanzi, urhwebo lwe-elektroniki okanye i-Ecommerce, Njengoko kusaziwa njalo, kwavela ngo-1979, xa umsunguli wase-Bhritane kunye nosomashishini uMichael Aldrich wafumanisa indlela yokuqhagamshela ikhompyuter ukulungiselela uku-odolwa kwe-real-time kumabonakude oguqulwe ngokukodwa kusetyenziswa umnxeba. Ngo-1982, e-France inkonzo yangaphambi kwe-intanethi ebizwa ngokuba yi-Minitel yayisasaziwe, apho abantu babenokujonga amaxabiso esitokhwe, benze ugcino lwendlela, benze iibhanki kwi-Intanethi, phakathi kwezinye izinto.
Kodwa kwakungekho ngo-1994 intengiso yokuqala kwi-Intanethi ibibhalisiwe injalo kwaye yayingeyoncwadi okanye amatikiti enqwelo moya, kodwa a ipitsa pepperoni. Kwakuloo nyaka kwavela iNetscape Navigator kwaye iwebhusayithi yePizza Hut yaqala ukubonelela nge-odolo ezikwi-Intanethi, ukongeza kwakuloo nyaka xa kwavela ibhanki yokuqala kwi-Intanethi. Kwiminyaka emine kamva I-PayPal iyavela nango-2002, I-eBay ifumana eli qonga lokuhlawula i-1.5 yezigidigidi zeedola.
Kwi 2003, IAmazon irekhoda inzuzo yayo yokuqala yonyaka Kwiminyaka esibhozo yomsebenzi, ngelixa i-2012, ukuthengiswa kwe-Ecommerce e-United States kuphela kuye kwafikelela kwi-225.5 yezigidigidi zeedola, emele ukunyuka phantse kwe-16% xa kuthelekiswa no-2011.