List of Amazon products and services

Later, the company launched a fixed-price marketplace business, zShops, in September 1999, and the now defunct partnership with Sotheby's, called Sothebys.amazon.com, in November.

Auctions and zShops evolved into Amazon Marketplace, a service launched in November 2000 that let customers sell used books, CDs, DVDs, and other products alongside new items.

Delivery was initially restricted to residents of Mercer Island, Washington, and was later expanded to several ZIP codes in Seattle proper.

In 2012, Amazon announced the launch of Vine.com for buying green products, including groceries, household items, and apparel.

[12] In September 2020, Amazon launched Luxury Stores on its mobile app, where Oscar de la Renta became the first and only label to partner with the firm.

[14][21] Shortly after this change, Amazon announced Prime Music, a service in which members can get unlimited, ad-free streaming of over a million songs and access to curated playlists.

[23] Amazon also began offering free same-day delivery to Prime members in 14 United States metropolitan areas in May 2015.

[25] In January 2016, Amazon Prime reached 54 million members according to a report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.

[1] In November 2007, Amazon launched the Kindle, an e-reader which downloads content over "Whispernet", via Sprint's EV-DO wireless network.

In September 2011, Amazon announced its entry into the tablet computer market by introducing the Kindle Fire, which runs a customized fork of the Android operating system.

The device also supports voice search for movies, as well as gaming, which includes special versions of Minecraft, Asphalt 8, and The Walking Dead.

Before the launch of this service, Amazon invested in Amie Street, a music store with a variable pricing model based on demand.

[51] Also in 2011, Amazon announced that it was releasing a Mac download store to offer dozens of games and hundreds of pieces of software for Apple computers.

Amazon Studios is a corporate division that develops television shows, movies, and comics from online submissions and crowd-sourced feedback.

[62] This studio continued to develop games for PC, Mac and Kindle eReaders under the brands Reflexive and Amazon Digital Services.

Amazon informed the TechCrunch media company that it "acquired Double Helix as part of our [Amazon's] ongoing commitment to build innovative games for customers" and confirmed that Double Helix's current game roster and other future developments will receive support following the acquisition.

[65] On August 25, 2014, Amazon announced its intent to acquire the video game streaming website Twitch for $970 million.

[66][67][68] The acquisition of Twitch is expected to help Amazon drive Internet traffic and potentially boost its Prime membership program, and promote its video ad and Fire TV set top box business.

[74] Six-wheeled "Scout" sidewalk delivery robots and drones under the Prime Air moniker are currently under development.

Amazon Prime Pantry is a similar service covering the 48 contiguous United States, allowing the order of up to 45 pounds of dry goods and non-perishable groceries for a flat delivery fee.

Business users have access to shipping benefits, discounts on eligible products, purchase analytics, and price comparisons from different sellers.

[81] Using an Amazon account, the files and folders can be transferred and managed from multiple devices including web browsers, desktop applications, mobiles, and tablets.

Prime users get free unlimited storage for photos in their original format, including some RAW files.

[84] Coverage by the trademark grew to include items such as paints, carpets, wallpaper, hair accessories, clothing, footwear, headgear, cleaning products, and jewelry.

An unlimited number of data objects, from 1 byte to 5 terabytes in size, can be stored in S3 and distributed via HTTP or BitTorrent.

[101] It could be accessed by going to smile.amazon.com,[102] smile.amazon.co.uk,[103] or smile.amazon.de[104] when normally shopping, and allowed Amazon to donate 0.5% of the sale price of eligible items to the customer's selected charity as its sponsor.

[111] On November 2, 2015, Amazon opened its first physical retail store, a bookstore in the University Village shopping center in Seattle.

The chain's concept was the use of Dash Carts, which have screens and a scanner for a special code that is connected to the user's Amazon account.

Customers sign in by scanning their unique codes found in the Amazon app, and as they put items in their carts, they are added to a list which gets charged to the user's credit card upon exiting the store.

The Home Services category designed to make finding a specialist easy by verifying that providers are properly licensed and insured for the job.