Mr. Pop History – Back then, there were no such things as downloads, so music sites were really retail stores that shipped CD’s and tapes. But – it’s a good question and a little fascinating. 1999 was also the year this site began as www.pophistorynow.
Of the top 20 retail websites – two were music. One was CDNow.com (1.2 million unique visitors) and the other was Columbiahouse.com (with 432 thousand unique visitors).
The top retail websites in 1999 (just in case you wanted to know) were:
Amazon.co with about 4.5 million unique visitors
EBay.com with about 4 million unique visitors
EToys.com with 1.8 million unique visitors
Shopping.aol.com with 1.5 unique visitors
Toysrus.com with 1.5 unique visitors
Store.yahoo.com with 1.2 unique visitors
Gary West – www.mrpopculture.com and www.mrpophistory.com
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