Services that are Available

When the internet first began e-commerce, there wasn't much things to choose from because of it's new concept of purchasing. Only the most convenient things would be sold online such as software and books.
It wasn't until later that databases started to use online catalogs with wide selection of items. Different services that were available over the internet was translations, consultations, dating, delivery, and travel agencies. Delivery services over the internet crashed and burned because of the timing. The gas prices at the time were increasing which was making it quite impossible to keep these delivery company going.
As the internet and E-commerce grows we find more and more things possible on the web. Using the metaphor of a shopping cart, you have the ability to store items in this virtual "cart". This is a prime example of how a physical thing has been turned into something used routinely on the web. The virtual shopping cart has the same purpose as the normal.
Not only are there shopping carts, but like in markets and stores, you find that there are more and more resemblances. The web is beginning to illustrate webpages much more organized by topics or subtitles. Like in a store, where there are all different sections / isles for different products, there is also this same concept on the internet.