In which year can e-commerce be said to have begun?
A) 1983
B) 1985
C) 1995
D) 2001

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Although online transactions and electronic data interchange (EDI) had been happening since the 1970s, the first true e-commerce transaction is generally considered to be the sale of a Sting album online by NetMarket in 1994. This led to the founding of Amazon in 1995 and the explosive growth of e-commerce in the years that followed.

In Which Year Can E-Commerce Be Said to Have Begun