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Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon.com continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.

Founded by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com website started in 1995 as a place to buy books because of the unique customer experience the Web could offer book lovers. Bezos believed that only the Internet could offer customers the convenience of browsing a selection of millions of book titles in a single sitting. During the first 30 days of business, Amazon.com fulfilled orders for customers in 50 states and 45 countries - all shipped from his Seattle-area garage.

It is by design that technological innovation drives the growth of Amazon.com to offer customers more types of products, more conveniently, and at even lower prices. Among its many technological innovations for customers, Amazon.com offers a personalized shopping experience for each customer, book discovery through "Search Inside The Book", convenient checkout using "1-ClickŪ Shopping", and several community features like Listmania (www.amazon.com/listmania) and Wish Lists (www.amazon.com/wishlists) that help customers discover new products and make informed buying decisions.

Amazon.com operates retail websites and offers programs that enable third parties to sell products on our websites. Our retail websites include: www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, www.shopbop.com, www.endless.com, www.zappos.com and www.javari.co.jp. We also provide services for third-party retailers, marketing and promotional services, and web services for developers. In addition, we operate other websites, including www.a9.com and www.alexa.com that enable search and navigation and www.imdb.com, a comprehensive movie database.

Recent articles about Amazon

Amazon reportedly developing its own game streaming service

Company already in talks with publishers, but service wouldn't be ready until 2020 at the earliest

Amazon offers more monetisation options for Alexa skills devs

In-skill consumables now available in the US following private beta

Amazon hits $1 trillion market cap one month after Apple

Online giant becomes second ever company to reach the milestone

Amazon Prime eliminates 20% discount on game pre-orders

Company also removes ad-free viewing from Twitch Prime

Amazon may have allowed sales of pirated games

UPDATE: Retailer says "We strictly prohibit the sale of counterfeit products, and these games have been removed"

Amazon's new GameOn tech enables devs to offer real-world prizes in games

Newly-announced APIs enable in-game competitions on mobile, PC and console

Xbox One X pre-orders from Amazon UK delayed

Stock issues to responsible for delay, says distributor

Amazon launches Alexa Accelerator

Beasts of Balance developer Sensible Object among nine firms exploring possibilities for voice-controlled experiences

Amazon UK retroactively imposes one-per-customer SNES Mini limit

Customers who pre-ordered multiple devices have had their orders reduced

Amazon Lumberyard: One Year On

Mike Frazzini on the engine's first twelve months, how it attracts high-profile studios, and distancing the tech from CryEngine

Amazon discontinuing Underground Actually Free initiative

Android version of store will close this summer, with full shutdown planned for 2019

Amazon to refund $70m in IAP after year of legal appeals

Both Amazon and the FTC appealed aspects of a ruling made by the federal court in April 2016

Amazon: Tutorials, social and exclusive IAP key to attracting big spenders

Technology evangelist Mario Viviani offers advice on how to generate more through microtransactions

Amazon launches eSports tournament for casual mobile games

Champions of Fire Invitational set for December 2nd

Amazon ordered to issue refunds for children's IAP

The e-tailer will set up a year-long process to reimburse parents for in-app purchases their children made without permission

FTC strikes a blow against Amazon in IAP lawsuit

US judge calls out, "millions of dollars billed to Amazon customers without a mechanism for consent"

Amazon: Community building will drive the industry

VP of Amazon Games Mike Frazzini explains why he's not concerned about developers using Lumberyard engine to make single-player games for free

Is Amazon building a VR content platform?

Job listing reveals plans to, "explore and create the platform and interface for immersive storytelling"

Amazon launches free AAA game engine

Royalty-free "Lumberyard" engine is based on the CryEngine, calibrated for multiplayer and streaming

Amazon pushes Prime with new game discounts

US retailer offers subscription members 20% on all preorders and new games within two weeks of release

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