Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc. Jason Long 23 March 2011. Products. Retail Website Amazon Associates, Marketplace Kindle Digital Downloads Amazon Fresh Amazon Payments Amazon Web Services Amazon Appstore. History. Began as online bookstore in 1995 Went public in 1997
Amazon.com, Inc.
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Amazon.com, Inc. Jason Long 23 March 2011
Products • Retail Website • Amazon Associates, Marketplace • Kindle • Digital Downloads • Amazon Fresh • Amazon Payments • Amazon Web Services • Amazon Appstore
History • Began as online bookstore in 1995 • Went public in 1997 • Unusual slow growth business plan
Money • Market cap: $70B • 2010 Q4 (last quarter) • $13B in revenue • $416M profit • 2009-2010 growth • 40% revenue increase • 24% profit increase
Amazon.toast • 2000 • $3.12 billion revenue • $1.4 billion loss • Stock price dropped 2/3 • Pivoted • 2001 Q4 • $1 billion in revenue • $5 million profit
Target Market • Online shoppers • Developers
Competitors • Physical-world retailers • Wal-Mart • Barnes & Noble • E-commerce sites • eBay.com, Half.com • Specialized stores • Web service providers • Salesforce.com • Google App Engine
Secret Sauce • Customer experience • Convenient • Trusted • Personal • Has “Earth’s biggest selection”
Predictions • Retail website, cloud platform will continue to grow • Will get into mobile market
