Amazon.com, Inc. operates retail Web sites, as well as provides programs that enable third parties to sell products on its Web sites. The company sources and sells a range of products to its customers. It offers Amazon Marketplace and Merchants programs, which enable third parties to sell their products on its Web sites; allow customers to shop for products owned by third parties using its features and technologies; and enable individuals to complete transactions that include multiple sellers in a single checkout process. The company, together with third parties, sells various product categories, such as books, music, DVDs, unbox video downloads, VHS, magazines and newspapers, video games, software, amazon shorts, electronics, audio and video, cameras and photos, cell phones and service, computers and PC hardware, office products, musical instruments, outlet, home and garden products, bed and bath products, furniture and decor, gourmet food, kitchen and housewares, pet supplies, automotives, tools and hardware, industrial and scientific, apparel and accessories, shoes, jewelry and watches, grocery, beauty, health and personal care, sports and outdoors, toys and games, and baby products. Its retail Web sites include amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.co.jp, amazon.co.uk, joyo.com, shopbop.com, and endless.com. The company also provides merchant services for third-party retailers; marketing and promotional services; and Web services comprising Amazon simple storage service, Amazon elastic compute cloud, Amazon simple queue service, Amazon mechanical turk, and Amazon e-commerce service for developers. In addition, it operates other Web sites, including a9.com and alexa.com that enable search and navigation; and www.imdb.com, a movie database. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
$85.02 (07/26/07)
