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In the ever-growing world of online shopping, there are a lot of big e-tailing sites, but there’s only one true giant: Amazon.com. Amazon offers millions of items for sale in most major product categories; in 2002 the company sold almost $4 billion worth of merchandise.

Amazon.com opened its virtual doors in July 1995 with a mission to use the Internet to transform book buying into the fastest, easiest, and most enjoyable shopping experience possible. While our customer base and product offerings have grown considerably since our early days, we still maintain our founding commitment to customer satisfaction and the delivery of an educational and inspiring shopping experience.

Amazon got its start selling books. In fact, in its early days the site billed itself as the “World’s Largest Bookstore.” That was a bit disingenuous, as Amazon didn’t (and doesn’t) physically stock all the books listed on its site. And can a company that doesn’t have a bricks-and-mortar presence accurately call itself a bookstore? Whatever the case, Amazon quickly became (along with Barnes & Noble and Borders) one of the top three booksellers in the United States andmost definitely the largest Internet-based bookseller.

If all you know Amazon for is books, you’re in for a real treat. That’s because today Amazon is more than a bookstore. (Their new slogan is “Earth’s Biggest Selection.”) The site offers merchandise in dozens of different stores and aims to be your one-stop–shop for all your online purchases.

Today, Amazon.com is the place to find and discover anything you want to buy online. We're very proud that millions of people in more than 220 countries have made us the leading online shopping site. Amazon have Earth's Biggest Selection of products, including free electronic greeting cards, online auctions, and millions of books, CDs, videos, DVDs, toys and games, electronics, kitchenware, computers and more.