dotcom
Internet-based company type
Dotcom refers to a company that does business primarily on the internet, from the ".com" suffix in web addresses: She works for a dotcom startup.
The term emerged in the 1990s during the explosive growth of internet commerce.
The dotcom bubble or dotcom bust describes the rapid rise and crash of internet stock valuations around 2000.
Also spelled dot-com.
1990-1999
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- NetscapePioneering nineties browser company
- AOLEarly internet provider
- dialupPhone-line internet connection
modem · GeoCities · AltaVista · Yahoo · browser · HTML · webmaster · homepage
Air-filled film sphere
- crashSudden violent impact
- bustFailure or sculpture
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
IPO · valuation · euphoria · exuberance · overhyped · millennium · Y2K · irrational
One who starts businesses
- founderOne who begins something
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- ventureRisky new undertaking
seed · angel · funding · pitch · equity · bootstrapping · scalable · disruptive
Network-connected state
- retailSales to end users
- B2BEnterprise-to-enterprise commerce
- B2CSelling directly to individuals
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
monetization · revenue · advertising · affiliate · clickthrough · conversion · analytics · SEO
nineties
1990-1999
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- NetscapePioneering nineties browser company
- AOLEarly internet provider
dialup · modem · GeoCities · AltaVista · Yahoo · browser · HTML · webmaster · homepage · surfing
bubble
Air-filled film sphere
speculation · IPO · valuation · euphoria · exuberance · overhyped · millennium · Y2K · irrational · meltdown
entrepreneur
One who starts businesses
- founderOne who begins something
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
venture · seed · angel · funding · pitch · equity · bootstrapping · scalable · disruptive · pivot
online
Network-connected state
marketplace · monetization · revenue · advertising · affiliate · clickthrough · conversion · analytics · SEO · traffic
URL
Web location identifier
- addressSpeak to formally
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- suffixWord-ending addition
extension · registrar · GoDaddy · squatting · cybersquatting · redirect · hosting · TLD · parked · expired
dotcombrick-and-mortar
Physically present business
storefront · corner store · shopping mall · department store · retail shop
dotcomblue chip
Stable, reputable investment
heavy industry · industrial sector · manufacturing · value stock · manufacturing sector