1 / 11

Successful Online Businesses

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

seth
Download Presentation

Successful Online Businesses

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Successful Online Businesses 10 businesses that have made it big

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. craigslist • Created in 1995 • Started as an email 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

  8. 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

  9. Bizchair.com • Created by Sean Belnickat 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

More Related