When did e-business begin and when could customers be sold to over the internet please?

Answer 1

Probably started in America in the late 80's and early 90's and then rolled across the Ocean to the UK in the Mid 90's.

Answer 2

I don't know exactly, but I'd guess that the first sites started in 1995. I know I have Amazon transactions back to 97 and that it had been out for a while before I first bought.

Wikipedia says:
When the Web first became well-known among the general public in 1994, many journalists and pundits forecast that e-commerce would soon become a major economic sector. However, it took about four years for security protocols (like HTTPS) to become sufficiently developed and widely deployed. Subsequently, between 1998 and 2000, a substantial number of businesses in the United States and Western Europe developed rudimentary web sites.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as "e-business"--it is all nonsense.