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Amazon for Business

The Same Amazon You Love

Ecommerce·Launched Nov 2014·Profile + Activity 13.5·0 upvotes·amazon.com

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LivenessActiveRankScore 13.5Last commit—SO tag heat—Press sentiment 7d—Hiring—Cohort 2014-0.0 WoW

What it is

The Same Amazon You Love. Now Powered For Business. [Tech]

Signal score

vs category avg: +2.8

13.5-0.0 WoW

Funding history

2 rounds

Total raised

$14.5B

Latest valuation

—

Stage

public

Acquired

Feb 2018

investors undisclosed

$839.0M

source

Acquired

Jun 2017

investors undisclosed

$13.7B

source

Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

Updated May 2026

Network effects

strong

Amazon’s competitive advantages stem from an intricate ecosystem where its Marketplace, Amazon Prime, and Fulfillment by Amazon services create a self-reinforcing network effect, thus enhancing customer loyalty and retention while discouraging competitor entry.

4 sources

→Amazon’s Marketplace increases supply and demand for products listed, benefiting from a network effect that attracts more sellers and customers. source
→Amazon FBA generates a network effect that benefits sellers and Prime customers, enhancing the attractiveness of both services and increasing customer retention. source
→Amazon Web Services (AWS) benefits from a network effect where more applications lead to more developers and customers, reinforcing the platform's dominance. source
→Amazon Prime enhances customer loyalty with quick and convenient shopping, driving frequent transactions and increasing demand across its services. source

Confidence 80% · classified by firecrawl-extract

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Profile + Activity

13.5

profile only

Rank in cat

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Upvotes

—

Press 30d

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Founders

Not yet researched. Weekly founder enrichment runs Sundays.

Liveness probedaily 04:30 UTC

Active · 200 OK

amazon.com · last 14:29 UTC

Probe history · 7 probes

Jun 16latest

GitHub activitydaily 04:15 UTC

No GitHub data available

Stack Overflow tag heat

No Stack Overflow tag data for this category yet.

Press sentiment · 7d rollinghourly

No press mentions in the last 7 days.

Cohort survival · Class of 2014weekly

10,235 products launched in 2014 · 99% still active

10,131 active104 sunset

Still active

99%

Median lifespan

4.9y

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