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Amazon 2020 SMB Impact Report Highlights Success for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Despite COVID-19; American Sellers Average $160,000 in Annual Sales
More than 2 million independent businesses work with
American small and medium-sized businesses sold 3.4 billion products in
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The 2020
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American SMBs selling in Amazon’s stores are growing. In the 12 months ending on
- American SMB sellers sold more than 3.4 billion products, up from 2.7 billion year-over-year, and averaged 6,500 products sold per minute.
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On average, American SMB sellers each had over
$160,000 in sales, up year-over-year from approximately$100,000 . -
The number of American SMB sellers that surpassed
$1 million in sales grew by more than 20%, and more than 3,700 surpassed$1 million in sales for the first time. -
American SMB sales from business customers on
Amazon Business were over$7 billion . -
SMBs selling on the Amazon.com
U.S. store support an estimated 1.1 million jobs, up from 830,000 in 2019.
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There are now more than 1,000
Amazon Delivery Service Partner businesses in theU.S. , employing more than 82,000 drivers. -
U.S. line haul service providers that moveAmazon packages between fulfillment centers and to and from air hubs employ more than 13,000 drivers, up from 3,700 in 2018.
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In the twelve months ending
May 31, 2020 , worldwide authors earned more than$319 million from theKDP Select Global Fund , totaling more than$1.28 billion since the launch ofKindle Unlimited . -
Thousands of independent authors have earned more than
$50,000 , with more than one thousand surpassing$100,000 in royalties.
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Since
June 2019 ,Amazon has provided more than$1 billion in AWS credits to help startups accelerate their growth and development, up from$500 million in 2018. - AWS Activate has provided hundreds of thousands of startups with a host of benefits, including AWS credits, technical support and training.
Alexa enables SMB builders, developers and entrepreneurs around the world to innovate and create voice-first customer experiences
- There are now more than 700,000 developers building for Alexa, and more than 100,000 Alexa skills have been built with the Alexa Skills kit.
- Today, worldwide customers have hundreds of millions of Alexa devices, including more than 100,000 smart home products that can be controlled with Alexa from more than 9,500 unique brands.
To help small businesses navigate this difficult time,
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