SUCCESSFUL ONLINE BUSINESSES 10 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE MADE IT BIG

ALCHEMY GOODS  Can be found at Alchemygoods.com  Started out as a handmade messenger bag to replace one that was stolen  Friends and bicycle shops liked the upcycled backpack made out of inner tubes  Demand grew and quality did as well  Creator founded Alchemy Goods as an effect of the demand  Now selling many types of upcycled backpacks on the internet

AMAZON.COM  Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bazos  Headquartered in Seattle, Washington  World’s largest online retailer  Started as an online bookstore but soon expanded to DVDs, VHSs, etc.  Separate websites for United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, China, Mexico and Austria

EBAY.COM  Founded September 3, 1995  Headquartered in San Jose, CA  Started when the founder sold his broken laser pointer for $14.83  Changed name from AuctionWeb to eBay when business started growing  Nowadays, there are hundreds of millions of registered users buying and selling on the website

SANTA MAIL  Can be found at Santamail.org  Sends out a letter from Santa for $9.95, during the Holiday  Open since 2002  Sent out over 325,000 letters to date

JACQUIELAWSON.COM  Started by a 62 year old grandmother in England  Members pay an annual subscription fee to access online greeting cards  Generates $3.6 million a year  Lawson created one online card over 6 weeks and it spread after sending it to her friends  A website was created after people wanted another card, which crashed. Her family members then created a new website and the popularity rose from there.

CRAIGSLIST  Created in 1995  Started as an distribution list of friends for local events around San Francisco  Began to grow rapidly through word of mouth  An official website was established, craigslist.org, in 1996  Now offered in over 700 cities in 70 countries.  Makes money by charging for job ads in major cities, ranging from $10-$75

YOUTUBE.COM  Founded on Februrary 14, 2005  Started by three former Paypal employees  Within 2 years, it was bought by Google for $1.65 billion  4 billion videos are now streamed per day  Makes hundreds of millions every year through ads

BIZCHAIR.COM  Created by Sean Belnick at the age of 14  Sells office chairs, expected to make $100 million this year  Started as an idea after Belnick maintained the website for his stepfather’s furniture business  Made $30 million within just 5 years of business

MYSOCIALCLOUD.COM  Started by Scott Ferreira, a sophomore at USC, and his sister Stacey, a senior in high school in 2011  MySocialCloud.com helps people to remember usernames and passwords online and also alerts of security breaches  Stacey saw a tweet by Sir Richard Branson about a cocktail party for entrepreneurs in Miami and they reached out  Ended up presenting to Branson and securing an investment from him

SOMETHING STORE  Opened in 2007  For $10 with free shipping, they will send something worth at least what you paid  Shipped over 50,000 items to date  Owner had the idea after looking for a gift for a friend online, wishing someone would pick the gift for him