Zappos.com was founded in June 1999 following a less than successful trip to a local shoe store.
With brick and mortar stores limited by the size of their stock rooms, shoppers can only choose from a handful of styles the store buyer chooses from each brand (and pray that their size is in stock).
Zappos.com decided that offering customers a complete selection of styles from each brand (in every size, width, and color) would make the shoe shopping experience a much more pleasurable one.
Thus, Zappos.com was born!
To date, Zappos.com has shipped shoes to well over 20,000 cities across the United States, and has attained a top 50 internet retailer rating (according to Internet Retailer Magazine)!
In addition, Zappos.com maintains one of the highest BizRate ratings in the industry.
