Description
A strong piece of original dot-com era tech history, this September 15, 2000 issue of Internet World is an especially appealing survivor because it remains in its original bagged subscriber-mailer format with its conference promotion material still present. The cover centers on Buy.com CEO Greg Hawkins and “The Net’s Top Revenue Producers,” making it a sharp snapshot of Internet business culture at the height of the boom-to-bust transition.
* Original September 15, 2000 issue of Internet World
* Original bagged subscriber copy, a format seen less often than loose copies
* Includes the back conference promotion for Internet World Fall 2000 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York
* Cover feature on Buy.com CEO Greg Hawkins, a recognizable dot-com era company and executive
* Excellent crossover appeal for collectors of tech history, Internet memorabilia, dot-com ephemera, business magazines, and early web culture
* A historically interesting issue from a pivotal period when IPOs, web hosts, e-commerce, and Internet revenue rankings dominated industry coverage
* More desirable than a typical reading copy because of the preserved mailing/promo context
This is the kind of magazine that works well both as a collectible and as a display piece for anyone interested in the early commercial Internet. It captures a very specific moment in 2000, when trade publications were still projecting confidence around online growth while the dot-com era was beginning to shift. Copies of Internet World do turn up, but examples that still retain the original bagged presentation and conference-related promotional material are harder to find and offer a better period feel.
