dotcoms

Online company type

Dotcoms are internet-based companies, named for the ".com" in their web addresses.

The term emerged during the late 1990s tech boom and is most associated with that era's speculative bubble: Many dotcoms went bust when the bubble burst in 2000.

The word can describe either the companies themselves or the period: the dotcom era, dotcom millionaires.

business

e-commerce

Internet-based buying and selling

B2BEnterprise-to-enterprise commerce
B2CSelling directly to individuals
onlineNetwork-connected state

retail · startup · revenue · monetization · eyeballs · clickthrough · subscribers · marketplace · portal · scalability

bubble

NASDAQ

Electronic securities exchange

IPOFirst public stock offering
speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
crashSudden violent impact

burst · overvaluation · investors · euphoria · boom · bust · stocks · shares · exuberance · funding

era

1990s

Final twentieth-century decade

2000sFirst decade, 2000s
millenniumSpan of thousand years
entrepreneursThose who launch ventures

innovation · disruption · goldrush · Y2K · founders · garage · hoodie · zeitgeist

technology

website

Online page collection

domainArea of control
serverOne who attends tables
hostingReceiving guests socially

HTML · webmaster · bandwidth · browser · homepage · URL · hyperlink · navigation · Flash · Java

Opposites

business model/physical presence

dotcomsbrick-and-mortar

Physically present business

brick-and-mortar stores · shopping malls · department stores · chain stores · corner stores

economic era/business generation

dotcomstraditional industries

Established economic sectors from earlier eras

blue chips · smokestack industries

market perception/valuation style

dotcomsblue-chip stocks

Shares in stable corporations

value stocks

Family

dotcom

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Everyday, not technical · Rated G