A bookshop in a garage
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in a garage in Seattle. He chose books because there were endless numbers of them and they were easy to post. Amazon later also became the largest Cloud computing provider.
Safe payments
Without encryption nobody would send a card number over the internet. The key was SSL and HTTPS, and later payment gateways and payment confirmation in the banking app.
What to watch out for
- Fake online shops with suspiciously low prices and no contact details.
- Scam text messages about parcel delivery.
- In the EU you usually have 14 days to withdraw from an online purchase.