The first e-commerce transaction was a Sting CD

There are a lot of theories online as to what exactly constitutes the Web’s first e-commerce transaction. And here is the answer

It seems the first e-commerce transaction actually took place at a tech startup called Net Market. On August 11, 1994, the startup saw the first secure online transaction when founder Dan Kohn saw his friend buy a Sting CD using a credit card, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to The Next Web.

That day, Dan Kohn and his three co-founders had no idea what a big business ecommerce would become. But like all great journeys, it started with a single step.