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Amazon Seller

Amazon Seller

Grow and manage your selling business on Amazon — Get fee estimates, manage your FBA business, and respond directly to customers with Amazon's official FBA app

E-commerce·Launched Mar 2014·0 upvotes·itunes.apple.com
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ALIVEverified Aug 19, 2026 · HTTP 200
CohortClass of 2014

What it is

Grow and manage your selling business on Amazon — Get fee estimates, manage your FBA business, and respond directly to customers with Amazon's official FBA app. [Tech]

HTTP liveness

16 probes since Jun 16
Jun 16Aug 19
AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub
  1. Jun 16, 2026
    First probe — live
    Alive · 200 OK

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

Network effects
strong

Amazon has established a powerful network effect through its two-sided marketplace model, which allows both buyers and sellers to grow and derive value from the platform, fostering enduring loyalty and engagement.

  • webAmazon has built a multi-factor process advantage in software development, maintaining speed and innovation despite its large size. source
  • webNetwork effects are highlighted as the most powerful forms of defensibility in business, underpinned by consumers and providers engaging on Amazon's platform. source
  • webAmazon’s two-sided marketplace, where it became a major player over 20 years, demonstrates how a network effect can lead to substantial competitive advantage. source
  • webThe inability of competitors like eBay to be disrupted, even when facing free alternatives, underscores the strength of Amazon’s network effect. source
strong · 0.75 confidence · grounded in 4 sources
Website-grounded · May 2026

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Pulse Indexobserved activity
16 probes0 pressGitHub –Tranco –

Not enough observed signals for a Pulse Index (needs 2+ signal families).

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