Amazon.com

Updated: 02/04/2024 by Computer Hope
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Originally founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994 as Cadabra, Inc. and a few months later renamed to Amazon. Today, Amazon.com is one of the largest and most well-known online retailers, with a market capitalization of over $500 billion as of 2022. Amazon.com is an online retailer of books, computer software, computer hardware, movies, music, electronics, toys, and more.

Contact information

Customer service: (888) 280-3321
Alt U.S. phone: (206) 346-2992
Alt U.S. phone: (206) 266-2992
Europe number: 0800 496 1081
Alt Europe number: 0870 744 9979
Fax: (302) 636-5454
TDD: None or unknown
Website: The official Amazon.com website
Help page: Amazon contact and help page
E-mail: None or unknown
Address: Amazon contact and help page
Stock: AMZN

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Company news

February 2018 - Amazon acquired Ring, making it a subsidiary of Amazon.com.

November 4, 2014 - Amazon officially released the Amazon Echo to the public.

August 2014 - Twitch.tv was purchased by Amazon in August 2014 for $970 million.

July 19, 2010 - Amazon.com released a press release mentioning it was now selling more Kindle books than hardcover books.

June 30, 2010 - Woot.com announced it had signed an agreement to be acquired by Amazon.com.

July 22, 2009 - Amazon.com announced it would be acquiring Zappos.com in a deal valued at approximately $1.2 billion.

December 9, 2001 - Amazon.com bought the Egghead.com domain.

April 26, 1999 - Amazon.com agreed to buy Accept.com, Alexa (Alexa.com), and Exchange.com.

1998 - Amazon.com purchased IMDb.

July 1995 - Amazon.com was officially opened.

November 1, 1994 - Amazon.com domain was registered.