[shifuimam]

Interesting article from Slashdot:

First dot com .com ever in the world. symbolics.com cmu.edu purdue.edu rice.edu ucla.edu think.com css.gov mitre.org

I do find it a little interesting that Apple's on there, along with other big ones (IBM, Siemens, HP, Xerox, NEC, etc), but Microsoft is not.

[ort888]

I'm surprised that dirtysluts.com isn't on there.

[starman]

/me kicks himself for not registering starman.com back then, but domains were a TON of money in those days. More than I could afford at the time.

[SirCastor]

Originally domain names were free. It wasn't until a bit later somebody in the line figured out they were worth something and they started costing...

My first domain name, back about 7 or 8 years ago cost me $35/year. Currently, I pay $8 or $9 I think...

[MacosNerd]

Definitely an interesting find and actually reminds me 80s when when BBS were the rage and the internet was just starting

[MacinTommy]

It looks like symbolics.com hasn't changed since it started...

[starman]

Originally Posted by SirCastor 

Originally domain names were free. It wasn't until a bit later somebody in the line figured out they were worth something and they started costing...

My first domain name, back about 7 or 8 years ago cost me $35/year. Currently, I pay $8 or $9 I think...

When I had the idea to get starman.com in the early 90's, it was $200 to register it.

[Sourbook]

Originally Posted by ort888 

I'm surprised that dirtysluts.com isn't on there.

[Sourbook]

On a different note. I wonder who was the first to complete a consumer sales transaction via the internet? Who took credit cards first? What was the first consumer item sold?

[MacinTommy]

Probably dirtysluts.com

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by shifuimam 

Interesting article from Slashdot:

First dot com .com ever in the world. symbolics.com cmu.edu purdue.edu rice.edu ucla.edu think.com css.gov mitre.org

I do find it a little interesting that Apple's on there, along with other big ones (IBM, Siemens, HP, Xerox, NEC, etc), but Microsoft is not.

Microsoft thought the Internet was going to just be a fad. That was the ironic part after Netscape had 95% of the browser market. Low and behold Microsoft uses their market dominance to bundle Internet Explorer with Windows, and they magically have 95% of the browser market within a year or two.

Luckily for Netscape, Microsoft was forced to pay people with vouchers good for more Microsoft products after 10 years of litigation. That'll show 'em!

[zro]

I find it amazing that Apple has the entire ipv4 17 space.

[Mastrap]

Originally Posted by starman 

When I had the idea to get starman.com in the early 90's, it was $200 to register it.

I wanted to register my first name as a domain and was put off by the price tag. What an idiot I was.

[Timo]

^I thought "asshatmcfarlane.com" was still available!

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Originally Posted by starman 

/me kicks himself for not registering starman.com back then, but domains were a TON of money in those days. More than I could afford at the time.

Domain names were free up until 1995.

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Originally Posted by The source of all human knowledge

In 1995, the National Science Foundation gave Network Solutions authority to charge for domain name registrations. Network Solutions charged $100 for two years registration was imposed on all domains; 30% of this revenue went to NSF to create an "Internet Intellectual Infrastructure Fund." [4] [5] [3] In 1997, a lawsuit was filed charging Network Solutions with antitrust violations with regards to domain names.[6] The 30% of the registration fee that went to the NSF was ruled by a court to be an illegal tax. [7] [8] This led to a reduction in the domain name registration fee to $70. [9] [10]
In the 1990s, Network Solutions implemented a policy of censoring domain names. This came to light when Jeff Gold attempted to register the domain name shitakemushrooms.com but was unable to. Further aggravating the controversy was the fact that while Network Solutions' automated screens blocked the registration of shitakemushrooms.com, the domain name ****.com had been successfully registered.[11] Network Solutions argued that it was within its First Amendment rights to block words it found offensive, even though it was operating pursuant to contract with a Federal agency NSF. [12] [3] [13]
Network Solutions' $100 charge, which many parties believed was excessive, in addition to its monopoly position in the market, was one of the contributing pressures that resulted in the creation of the International Ad Hoc Committee and its failed attempt to take control of the domain name system, and to the US Department of Commerce, NTIA releasing the White Paper and ultimately contracting with ICANN to administer the DNS.
With the formation of ICANN, the domain name industry opened up to partial competition, with NSIF retaining its monopoly on .com, .net and .org but having to recognize a separation of registry and registrar. By the end of 1999 the fee for registration had been reduced to a wholesale rate of $6 per year to registered resellers.

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Originally Posted by Sourbook 

On a different note. I wonder who was the first to complete a consumer sales transaction via the internet? Who took credit cards first? What was the first consumer item sold?

You lazy bastards:

Originally Posted by You know it

Timeline
1990: Tim Berners-Lee wrote "The WorldWideWeb browser" using a NeXT computer.
1994: Netscape released the Navigator browser in October under the code name Mozilla. Pizza Hut offered pizza ordering on its Web page. The first online bank opened. Attempts to offer flower delivery and magazine subscriptions online. "Adult" materials were also commercially available, as were cars and bikes. Netscape 1.0 in late 1994 introduced SSL encryption that made transactions secure.
1995: Jeff Bezos launched Amazon.com and the first commercial 24 hr. internet only radio stations "Radio HK" and Netradio started broadcasting. Dell and Cisco began to aggressively use Internet for commercial transactions. eBay was founded by computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb.
1998: Electronic postal stamps can be purchased and downloaded for printing from the Web.
1999: business.com was sold for US $7.5 million (purchased in 1997 for US $150,000) The peer-to-peer filesharing software "Napster" was launched.
2000: The dot-com bust.
2003: Amazon.com: first-ever full-year profit

Electronic commerce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

You lazy bastards:
Electronic commerce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1999: business.com was sold for US $7.5 million (purchased in 1997 for US $150,000)

7.5 Million, and look at what it has become...

Business.com - The Business Search Engine® and Business Directory for Business Information

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Originally Posted by Railroader 

7.5 Million, and look at what it has become...

Business.com - The Business Search Engine� and Business Directory for Business Information

Sad

[JoshuaZ]

I'm just happy I got my full name. Though I keep trying to buy joshzimmerman.com off the guy who owns it, yet does nothing with it besides host his resume. He lists his home phone number on his resume... maybe I should call him...

[torsoboy]

Originally Posted by starman 

When I had the idea to get starman.com in the early 90's, it was $200 to register it.

Regardless of what that other quote here says, I also remember the fees being $200 to register in 1996. Some people continue to charge $40+ a year for a domain name registration.

[Shaddim]

I friend bought my first name and gave it to me as a birthday gift 12 or so years ago. I keep paying the renewal but I've not really done very much with it.