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Amazon Treasure Truck

Amazon Treasure Truck

1 highly desirable item, heavily discounted, sold on a truck [Tech]

Ecommerce·Launched Jun 2015·Profile + Activity 13.5·0 upvotes·amazon.com
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LivenessActiveRankScore 13.5Last commitSO tag heatPress sentiment 7dHiringCohort 2015-0.0 WoW

What it is

1 highly desirable item, heavily discounted, sold on a truck [Tech]

Signal score

vs category avg: +2.8
13.5-0.0 WoW
255075100MayMayJuntodayavg 10.713.5

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
Brand
strong

Amazon's established brand recognition and trust provide a significant competitive advantage in the ecommerce sector, contributing to ongoing customer loyalty and engagement.

4 sources
  • Amazon has built a multi-factor process advantage in software development allowing for rapid innovation despite its size. source
  • Amazon has garnered immense brand recognition that allows it to maintain leadership in the ecommerce market. source
  • The scale and speed of Amazon's operations demonstrate a substantial brand reliance that offers durability against competitors. source
  • Amazon's brand loyalty leads to a competitive barrier that lesser-known ecommerce competitors cannot easily breach. source
Confidence 80% · classified by firecrawl-extract

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Vitalslive · 09:15 UTC
Profile + Activity
13.5
profile only
Rank in cat
Upvotes
Press 30d
Founders

Not yet researched. Weekly founder enrichment runs Sundays.

Liveness probedaily 04:30 UTC
Active · 200 OK
amazon.com · last 14:04 UTC
Probe history · 7 probes
Jun 16latest
GitHub activitydaily 04:15 UTC

No GitHub data available

Stack Overflow tag heat

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Press sentiment · 7d rollinghourly

No press mentions in the last 7 days.

Cohort survival · Class of 2015weekly

12,940 products launched in 2015 · 100% still active

12,899 active41 sunset
Still active
100%
Median lifespan
4.9y