The first official Cyber Monday was in 2005 — how it’s changed and what to expect this year
Online shopping was booming in the years leading up to 2005, when the National Retail Federation (NRF) first coined the term “Cyber Monday.” Amazon was founded in 1994, eBay launched in 1995 and Walmart debuted its website in 2000 — shoppers quickly grew accustomed to adding items to a virtual shopping cart rather than a physical one.