1. Start-up period (1998 to 2006)

JD.com was established in Zhongguancun Overseas Market in 1998, mainly selling optical and magnetic products. By the end of 2001, JD.com had 60% of the burner market in China. In 2001, JD.com began to shift from wholesale to retail.

In 2003, affected by SARS, JD.com began to try online sales, and launched a self-operated website in 2004. JD.com has since transformed into the online e-commerce field.

In 2005, JD.com tried to sell all IT digital products, and by the end of 2006, JD.com's sales reached 80 million yuan.

2. Booming development period (2007 to 2011)

In 2007, JD.com gradually expanded the category of IT products, obtained the first large-scale financing, and began to build a logistics system. JD.com continued to work hard on category expansion and self-built logistics. JD.com completed the expansion of 3C product categories in June 2008.

In 2009, JD.com continued to expand its financing scale and began to sell door-to-door services separately in the first quarter.

In 2010, JD.com launched the "211 Limited Time" ultra-fast delivery and door-to-door pickup service, leading the new standard in the online retail industry, and officially operated the open platform at the end of the year.

In 2010, JD.com's annual sales reached 10.2 billion yuan. The following year, JD.com received 1.5 billion US dollars in financing, launched the mobile client, launched a package tracking system, improved service levels, added a "7×24-hour customer service phone", and officially entered the B2C online pharmaceutical and luxury goods fields. JD.com's full categories gradually improved and gradually transformed into a comprehensive online retailer.

3. Capitalization strategic layout period (2012 to 2016)

During this stage, JD.com began to pursue scale and specialization, and gradually expanded the group's strength and influence through acquisitions, investments and strategic cooperation.

In 2012, JD.com provided online customer service and launched services such as train ticket booking and hotel reservation. In June, JD.com's affiliated companies obtained the first batch of express delivery business licenses in China, obtained 300 million yuan in financing, and acquired Wangyin Online. In November, JD.com opened its logistics service system platform and officially laid out its open logistics service and payment system.

In October 2013, JD Financial Group was established.

In March 2014, JD.com and Tencent formed a strategic partnership.

In May 2014, JD.com went public in the United States with the stock code "JD".

In 2016, JD Logistics provided third-party logistics services to the public for the first time. In the same year, JD.com and international retail giant Walmart became global strategic partners.

4. Comprehensive transformation period (2017 to present)

In April 2017, JD Logistics Group was established. In June of the same year, JD Finance was officially separated from JD.com Group and then renamed JD Digital Technology Group.

The retail group was established in 2019. During this period, in order to assist JD.com's core business and create huge value for its business partners, JD.com began to provide comprehensive supply chain services and export logistics services and technical solutions to third parties with its huge business scale, complete retail infrastructure and advanced technology.