Jeff Bezos incorporated the company (as Cadabra) on July 5, 1994 and the site went online as Amazon.com in 1995. Bezos changed the name cadabra.com to amazon.com because it sounded too much like cadaver. Additionally, a name beginning with `A` was preferential due to the probability it would occur at the top of any list that was alphabetized. Am.....
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Online shop launched in 1995 by Jeff Bezos, originally selling only books, but since extended to selling CDs, videos, DVDs, toys and games, electronic items, clothes, and even furniture. By 2000 Amazon claimed 17 million customers in over 160 countries, and was one of the world's most visited Web sites, but had not yet made a profit. The compan...
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