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80 Amazon Products and Services You Should Know
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Background
We can’t talk of 80 Amazon products and services you should know before touching a bit of Amazon’s history. Amazon was established in 1994 by Jeff Bezos. Jeff was a smart and savvy young man. He excelled academically and professionally at an early age. Above all, he graduated in 1986 (Summa Cum Laude) from Princeton University with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science (Britannica, 2023).
Business Overview
According to a recent profile on Yahoo Finance, Amazon.com, Inc., is a business that engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. At the present time, the company operates three geographical segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
From the humble beginning of selling books online, the company has grown in leaps and bounds over the years. Jeff Bezos’s unfathomable vision of having an everything store online is charging along at a rapid pace, hitting milestone after milestone. In the meanwhile, Amazon has created new business lines and has come up with many products and services. This article will introduce 80 Amazon products and services that you should know.
80 Amazon Products and Services You Should Know
1. Amazon
The e-commerce retail platform is the largest Internet-based retailer in the world by total sales and market capitalization. According to Statista (a portal for market data), Amazon as usual is again at the top spot among online retailers in the United States in 2023, capturing 37.6 percent of the market. Up against the retail chain Walmart, with a 6.4 percent market share, and Apple in the 3rd place with 3.6 percent.
2. Amazon Ads
This is an advertising solution for businesses, which is available not only for businesses of all sizes but also to marketers of all levels of expertise.
3. Amazon Affiliate Program
The Amazon Affiliate program, or Amazon Associates, is an affiliate marketing program that is free for website owners and bloggers to become Amazon Associates. They advertise products from Amazon.com on their sites by creating links. As long as clicks turn to purchases, then the website owner gets paid referral fees. For example, the Giftymz platform is on this program as well (disclaimer).
4. Amazon Alexa
According to the Alexa site, Alexa is Amazon’s FREE cloud-based voice service available on hundreds of millions of devices from Amazon and third-party device manufacturers. With Alexa, you can build natural voice experiences that offer customers a more intuitive way to interact with the technology they use every day. In addition, Amazon Alexa has tools, API, reference tools, and documentation that make it easy for developers to build for Alexa. Get the Alexa app from Google Play.
5. Amazon Appstore
Amazon Appstore for Android is an app store for the Android operating system operated by Amazon.com. According to the Amazon app store homepage, the Amazon App Store is an app store for Android devices, all Amazon Fire tablets, and Windows 11 devices. Furthermore, the Amazon App Store is the only app store that gives access to Amazon Coins. Amazon Coins lets you save money on eligible in-app and in-game purchases. Amazon Coins are currently supported in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Spain, and Australia.
6. Amazon Basics
Amazon Basics is a private label from Amazon. It primarily offers a wide range of affordable and essential products across various categories. These products provide customers with everyday items often used in homes, offices, and daily life. What’s more, the brand aims to provide customers with budget-friendly alternatives to common products without compromising quality (AdvertiseMint, n.d.)
7. Amazon Blink
Blink is a wireless home security camera that sends motion-activated alerts & HD video to your smartphone. This is what the Blink homepage says: Blink helps bring peace of mind to you and your loved ones through affordable, innovative, and easy-to-use smart home security devices. From our trusted security cameras to our Video Doorbell, Blink helps you protect what matters most no matter where you are. Armed with two-way audio, HD video, customizable motion detection, and more. Blink smart security devices allow you to see, hear, and speak from the free Blink Home Monitor app on your smartphone. In addition, they work with select Alexa-enabled devices.
8. Amazon Books
Amazon Books was a chain of physical retail bookstores owned by online retailer Amazon. The first store opened on November 2, 2015, in Seattle, Washington. Unfortunately, on March 2, 2022, it was reported that all Amazon Books would close on various dates in the future.
9. Amazon Build It
The Build It program allows customers to back a new product. Consequently, if it gets support in 30 days, Amazon will build it.
10. Amazon Business
The tenth Item of the 80 Amazon Products and Services that You Should Know is Amazon Build It. To better serve the business community that has been shopping on the consumer Amazon platform, Amazon introduced a business solutions retail platform. All in all, in 2023, Amazon business reached $35 billion in annualized sales.
11. Amazon Core 10
Core 10 is an Amazon Brand, that specializes in super-soft, high-performance fabrics and fashion-forward designs made for workouts and beyond.
12. Amazon Drive
Amazon Drive is a secure online storage service for your photos, videos, and files. Above all, every Amazon customer is entitled to 5 GB of free storage shared with Amazon Photos.
13. Amazon Echo
Amazon Echo also known as Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music and provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more—instantly. All you have to do is ask. Feel free to check out additional products from the Echo lineup, Echo Dot, and Echo Dot Kids Edition.
Amazon Echo
Echo Dot
Echo Kids
14. Amazon Elements
Amazon Elements is a line of premium everyday essentials exclusively available to Amazon Prime members. The element range of products delivers a new level of transparency. As a matter of fact, they reveal where, and when the products were made.
15. Amazon Essentials
Amazon Essentials is a clothing line of basic wear for men, women, babies, and kids, with additional options for family, big and tall, and athletic activity.
16. Amazon Fashion
Amazon Fashion is an online retail platform with a wide selection of clothing, shoes, jewelry, and watches for both men and women.
17. Amazon Fire OS
Amazon Fire OS is an Android-based operating system by Amazon for its devices such as Fire tablets, Kindle, and Fire range of devices.
18. Amazon Fire Tablet
An Android (Fire OS) is a tablet that includes a built-in portal to Amazon’s vast collection of music, videos, e-books, and merchandise.
19. Amazon Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV is a tiny box that connects to your HDTV. For example, it works like Google’s or Apple’s TV. It is the easiest way to enjoy over 250,000 TV episodes and movies on Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and HBO NOW, plus games, music, and more.
20. Amazon Fire TV Cube
Fire TV Cube is the first hands-free streaming media player with Alexa. At the present time, Amazon has upgraded the 2019 version. See how it works from the video below.
Please check this review by Tech Spurt
21. Amazon Flex-Software
Amazon Flex is a software that allows any legible person to use their own vehicle to deliver packages for Amazon as a way of earning extra money. In the light of security, Amazon Flex drivers must pass a background check. The background check will include a review of your criminal history, motor vehicle record, and Amazon Flex driving history (if you have any).
22. Amazon Fresh
Amazon Fresh is a grocery delivery service by Amazon. Due to the challenges in sourcing and delivering fresh vegetables, the program is available in limited regions. If you are in the right region, you can and in possession of a Snap EBT card, you can try Amazon Fresh immediately by clicking here, and for full membership click here.
23. Amazon Games
Amazon Games, formerly known as Game Studios, develops games that harness the power of AWS, and Twitch to create bold, new game experiences.
24. Amazon GameOn
Amazon GameOn is a set of flexible APIs that allows you to build cross-platform competitions into your games in order to drive engagement and increase monetization. Sign in with your Amazon Developer credentials. If you don’t already have an account, registration is free.
25. Amazon Goodthreads
In the twenty-fifth place of the 80 Amazon Products and Services that You Should Know is a stylish collection of Amazon’s clothing lineup. According to customers’ reviews, it is said to be a bit higher than Amazon Essentials in quality, and the products’ threading is top-notch.
26. Amazon Handmade
Amazon Handmade is a collection of Genuine handcrafted products that are created by Artisans around the world. Only available to prime members.
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27. Amazon Happy Belly
Happy Belly offers quality food and beverage favorites, all at friendly prices. The service is all about satisfying the cravers, so you can find items like coffee, crackers, nuts, and the like.
28. Amazon Home Services
Amazon Home Services is a large item and heavy-bulky service that includes installation, assembly, and haul-away services.
29. Amazon Hub
Amazon is a worldwide network of pickup locations. The program enables any business with a physical location to offer secure package pickup and returns to Amazon customers, and in turn, reap benefits from the potential increase in foot traffic and sales at their location. Moreover, it also serves as a package management solution for buildings.
30. Amazon Inspire
Amazon is a new and exciting feature within the Amazon app that’s bound to enhance your shopping experience. Besides, it delivers a tailored feed of shoppable photos and videos with the aim of providing you with some inspiration for your next purchase (Scaledon, 2023)
31. Amazon Go
Amazon Go is a new kind of corner store where customers with an Amazon app, a credit card, or Amazon One can stop by to grab a freshly brewed coffee, pick up breakfast or lunch, browse a selection of snacks, alcohol, and local baked goods, or return an Amazon package. Undeniably the service is a great attraction to members as shown in the clip below.
32. Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery
Amazon Key is a service that will facilitate in-home delivery to Prime members in 37 cities and surrounding areas, across the United States, with more locations available over time. Without a doubt, this would take Amazon even farther away from competitors if it is fully implemented.
33. Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle is a series of e-reading handheld devices by Amazon.com that enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, and other digital media via wireless networking to the Kindle Store.
34. Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
Also known as KDP, allows authors to self-publish eBooks and paperbacks for free with Kindle Direct Publishing, and reach millions of readers on Amazon.
35. Amazon Launchpad
Amazon Launchpad offers online shopping of products from startups, with a great selection of new technology, innovative gadgets, electronics, wearable tech, workout, style, and home products from startups.
36. Amazon Local Shops
This is a program that allows any store to register on Amazon and serve more customers from the local area.
37. Amazon Locker
Amazon Locker allows one to send Amazon orders to a secure pickup location that they can choose. You can pick up your packages on your own time and rest easy knowing they’re safe in the meantime. Shipping to a Locker is free for Prime members. Amazon Lockers are secure, self-service kiosks where customers can pick up Amazon.com packages at a time and place that is convenient for them.
38. Amazon Luna
Amazon Luna is a cloud gaming service that allows one to play great games on devices they already own. It is supported by Windows PC, Mac, Fire TV, Fire tablets, Chromebook, iPhone, iPad, Android phones, and select LG and Samsung Smart TVs. With Luna Controller talking directly to the cloud, there is no need for device-specific setup, making it easy to transition your game from one screen to the next. Luna also supports controllers like Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and mouse + keyboard. No waiting for lengthy downloads or updates — just play.
39. Amazon Mechanical Turk
Mechanical Turk is a crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier for individuals and businesses to outsource their processes and jobs to a distributed workforce who can perform these tasks virtually. Evidently, this is a deal breaker for sole proprietors who want to scale up without hiring, and for companies who want to keep their labor costs low. Works well for one-time projects.
40. Amazon Merch
Merch by Amazon makes it easy for artists to create, promote, and market their branded merchandise. Simply upload your artwork, choose a product type and color, and add a product description. We’ll create a product page on Amazon and when customers buy your product, we’ll handle production, shipping, and customer service — all with no upfront costs.
41. Amazon Music Unlimited
As the name suggests, Amazon Music Unlimited is a premium music subscription service featuring unlimited access to 100 million songs and thousands of expert-programmed playlists, and podcasts. All are streamed ad-free.
42. Amazon Pay
Amazon Pay makes it simple for hundreds of millions of customers around the globe to check out using the information already stored in their Amazon accounts. The program claims it increases conversion by 35% due to the shopping convenience it comes with.
43. Amazon Pharmacy
Amazon Pharmacy is an online pharmacy that accepts various health insurance types. It allows customers to complete an entire pharmacy transaction on their desktop or mobile device through the Amazon App.
44. Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime is a subscription membership that allows members to enjoy fast free shipping, exclusive access to movies and TV shows, ad-free music, unlimited photo storage, and Kindle books. In addition, most exclusive and high-on-demand Amazon programs and services are tied to the Prime membership. So it goes without saying, to get the most out of Amazon, become a Prime member.
This year (2023), hot items tied to the Prime membership are:
45. Amazon Prime Air
Amazon Prime Air is a drone delivery service operated by Amazon. The service uses delivery drones to autonomously fly individual packages to eligible customers. However, the service currently operates in two cities in the US, with plans to expand into the UK and Italy in 2024. Nevertheless, Amazon Prime Air is a future service that will deliver packages up to five pounds in 30 minutes or less using small drones. To check eligibility, the service is offered in two locations in the U.S., College Station, Texas, and Lockeford, California. Please contact Amazon’s drone delivery Customer Service at (888) 283-0587 to determine eligibility.
46. Amazon Prime Book Box
Amazon Prime Book Box is a subscription that delivers hand-picked children’s books every 1, 2, or 3 months. It lets kids discover books that inspire a love of reading—new adventures await in every box! Surprisingly, this program saves parents up to 40% off the list.
47. Amazon Prime Day
Prime Day is a shopping event with deals exclusively for Prime members. Anyone can participate in Prime Day by becoming a member of Amazon Prime.
48. Amazon Prime Video
Apart from streaming on compatible devices. Prime members can watch thousands of popular movies, and TV shows at no extra cost, including exclusives and award-winning Amazon Originals available in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. In addition, Prime members can also save more with exclusive deals on video purchases.
49. Amazon Prime Video Direct
Prime Video Direct helps studios, distributors, independent filmmakers, and content creators reach audiences worldwide.
50. Amazon Publishing
The 50th Item of the 80 Amazon Products and Services that You Should Know is Amazon Publishing. This is a leading trade publisher of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books with a mission to empower outstanding storytellers and connect them with readers worldwide.
51. Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios is the home for talent, creating and producing original films and television series for a global audience. As long as you have filming-related talent, Amazon has your back.
52. Amazon Sumerian
Amazon Sumerian is a browser-based platform. It makes it easy for users to create engaging and interactive 3D, augmented reality(AR), and virtual reality(VR) experiences. Amazon Sumerian doesn’t require programming experience. In other words, this has leveled the playing field. A great opportunity for those not interested in the nitty-gritty of programming languages to start building 3D and VR products. In addition, it saves a lot of time for programmers.
53. Amazon Tap
Amazon Tap is a portable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi-enabled speaker that gives you rich, full-range sound.
54. Amazon Video Direct
Amazon Video Direct helps studios, distributors, and independent filmmakers reach audiences worldwide.
55. Amazon Vine
Amazon Vine is an invitation-only program that selects the most insightful reviewers in the Amazon store to serve as Vine Voices.
56. Amazon Wag
Amazon Wag is Amazon’s pet product brand that keeps your favorite dogs and cats thriving with food and essentials.
57. Amazon Warehouse
Amazon Warehouse offers great deals on quality used, pre-owned, or open-box products. Despite the second-hand products in nature, they come with all the benefits of Amazon fulfillment, customer service, and returns rights.
58. Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally.
59. Amazon Wickedly Prime
Amazon Wickedly Prime is a line of seriously tasty food, exclusive to Amazon Prime members.
60. Amazon WorkDocs
Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed, secure enterprise storage and sharing service with strong administrative controls and feedback capabilities that improve user productivity. On the positive side, files are stored in the cloud, safely and securely.
61. Amazon WorkSpaces
Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed, secure cloud desktop service. You can use Amazon WorkSpaces to provision either Windows, Amazon Linux or Ubuntu Linux desktops in just a few minutes and quickly scale to provide thousands of desktops to workers across the globe.
62. Amazon Your Garage
Amazon Your Garage is not a garage sale market, but it is rather an automotive parts finder that helps one easily find parts of the vehicle added and saved on the platform.
63. AbeBooks
AbeBooks is an Amazon subsidiary that offers books, fine art, and collectibles from sellers in over 50 countries. Launched in 1996, it specializes in used, rare and out-of-print books. AbeBooks has been a subsidiary of Amazon since 2008.
64. Audible
Audible is a service that allows you to listen to books read aloud by professional narrators. You can read anytime and anywhere, such as while traveling or working, and offline playback is also possible.
65. Audible Plus
Audible Plus is a monthly membership that includes access to unlimited streaming and listening from the special Audible Plus Catalog. In addition, members can download and save the files for later use offline.
66. AWS Cloud9
AWS Cloud9 is a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) that lets you write, run, and debug your code with just a browser. In other words, it is a convenient IDE.
67. Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way, and publishes the data on its website.
68. Brilliance Audio
Brilliance Audio is a division of Brilliance Publishing and part of the Amazon Companies, publishes award-winning bestselling fiction and non-fiction in audiobook.
69. Brilliance Publishing
Brilliance Publishing is a publishing company providing print and audiobook publishing services.
70. Digital Photography Review
Also known as DPR, is a website about digital cameras and digital photography, established in November 1998 by Amazon.
71. Goodreads
Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations.
72. IMDb
IMDb is the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV, and celebrity content. Find ratings and reviews for the newest movies and TV shows.
73. Ring
Ring is a manufacturer of home security and smart home devices owned by Amazon.
74. Shopbop
Shopbop is the global online retail destination for style inspiration and discovery, offering customers all over the world a comprehensive, hand-picked selection of ready-to-wear apparel and accessories from over 1,000 established and emerging designers.
75. Souq
The 75th Item of the 80 Amazon Products and Services that You Should Know is Souq. This is the largest e-commerce site in the Arab world or the Arabic version of Amazon.
76. Twitch
Twitch is an interactive live streaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.
77. Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market is the largest American chain of supermarkets that specializes in natural and organic foods. It operates stores in the United States and also in Canada and the United Kingdom.
78. Woot
Woot offers special daily deals and limited-time offers across categories like home items, electronics, apparel, and more.
79. Zappos
Zappos is an American online shoe and clothing retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
80. Zoox
Zoox is a subsidiary of Amazon that develops autonomous vehicles to provide mobility as a service. It is headquartered in Foster City, California, and has offices of operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington.
Courtesy of Zoox
Conclusion
Summing up, Amazon is a great and ever-evolving company with good principles and policies that see it grow at an enormous pace. The 80 Amazon Products and Services that You Should Know are just the tip of the iceberg, there are many products and services I might have missed, so if you find anything interesting you would love to see on this list, please leave your comments and we will try to incorporate your suggestions and mention your name in our future updates.
