Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.
Founded by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com website started in 1995 as a place to buy books because of the unique customer experience the Web could offer book lovers. Bezos believed that only the Internet could offer customers the convenience of browsing a selection of millions of book titles in a single sitting. During the first 30 days of business, Amazon fulfilled orders for customers in 50 states and 45 countries - all shipped from his Seattle-area garage.
Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company's DNA. The world's brightest technology minds come to Amazon.com to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.
Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. Etsy Inc. employees – whether a team member of Etsy or Depop – tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.
Founded in 2005, Etsy is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY with additional offices in Dublin and Mexico City. As of December 31, 2024, our marketplaces connect 8 million active sellers – including over 5 million on Etsy.com, 80% of whom are women – and 95 million active buyers in nearly every country in the world. In 2024, we facilitated over $12 billion in transactions.
Linktree enables creators, brands, artists, publishers, agencies, and businesses of all sizes to curate a place where they can share, sell and grow. Among the top 300 most popular website destinations globally, Linktrees see over 1.2 billion unique visitors a month.
In 2021 alone, we enabled over one million artists to generate 90 million streams across platforms – twice as many artists and three times as many streams than in the year prior. In 2022, we launched a developer marketplace and a mobile app to continue compounding the success for creators everywhere. That’s why more than 30 million people and global brands link everything they are on Linktree, including TikTok, Selena Gomez, Red Bull, Shawn Mendes, the LA Clippers, The Rock and HBO.