Press release
Amazon Sellers Sold Record-Setting More Than 2 Billion Items Worldwide in 2014
Sellers on
More than 25 percent of Login and Pay with
“It’s been a record-setting year for selling on
Sellers on
2014 Amazon Services Growth
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In 2014, more than 2 billion units worldwide were ordered on
Amazon from sellers with businesses of all sizes. - In 2014, active sellers worldwide using the FBA service grew more than 65 percent year-over-year.
- FBA units shipped worldwide grew more than 50 percent year-over-year during the 2014 holiday season.
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Sellers on
Amazon from more than 100 different countries around the world fulfilled orders to customers in 185 countries using the FBA service. -
China andHong Kong -based sellers with international sales grew 80 percent year-over-year. -
Product selection available through FBA on the Amazon.in (
India ) marketplace more than tripled year-over-year. -
Holiday deals offered by sellers on
Amazon worldwide grew more than 250 percent year-over-year during the 2014 holiday season. -
Units sold by sellers on
Amazon worldwide offering holiday deals grew more than 400 percent year-over-year during the 2014 holiday season. -
On Cyber Monday, more than 16 million units were ordered worldwide
from sellers on
Amazon . - On Cyber Monday, orders processed by businesses using Amazon Payments grew by more than 60 percent year-over-year.
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More than 25 percent of Login and Pay with
Amazon payments were made using a mobile device. -
Orders processed by businesses using Login and Pay with
Amazon grew by more than 200 percent year-over-year during the 2014 holiday season.
Highlights
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Amazon introduced the Amazon Seller App to help on-the-go sellers manage their businesses onAmazon direct from their mobile devices. The Amazon Seller App, available for Android, iOS and Fire phone, makes it easier than ever for sellers onAmazon to quickly manage inventory, source and list new items onAmazon , and quickly respond to customer inquiries. -
Top brands and vertical retailers became sellers on
Amazon includingAeropostale , Claire’s,Quiksilver ,Hanna Andersson , Roxy, Wilson’s Leather,Warner Bros . Shop, HBO Shop, The History Channel,Cardinal Health ,Owens & Minor , and Ducati. -
Amazon continued to remove barriers for cross-border sellers to help reach customers worldwide.Amazon expanded recruitment for new sellers and selection from emerging regions includingAustralia ,South Korea andSingapore . -
Amazon expanded Sunday delivery through theU.S. Postal Service to thousands of cities across the U.S., enabling FBA items from sellers to reach customers on Sundays. - Many FBA offers from sellers are now available with same-day delivery in 12 metro areas across the U.S.
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Amazon improved the delivery experience for customers inEurope with the introduction of Borderless Fulfillment. Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de and Amazon.fr Prime members now have access to free Two-Day Delivery for items from sellers using the FBA service stored in Amazon’s European fulfillment centers located outside their respective countries. -
Amazon launched Multi-Country Inventory in the EU, an international fulfillment program that has enabled cross-border FBA sellers to place millions of high-demand items closer to customers. Products are stored in Amazon’s fulfillment centers acrossEurope so they ship faster to local customers. -
FBA introduced Amazon Partnered Carrier services for sellers in
Italy andSpain to access discounted rates with select carriers when shipping inventory toAmazon . -
Amazon unveiled the ‘Make an Offer’ experience (www.amazon.com/makeanoffer) that allows customers to negotiate prices on more than 150,000 items across Sports and Entertainment Collectibles, Collectible Coins, and Fine Art from sellers onAmazon . The new feature allows customers to offer to buy items at even lower prices, and if agreed upon, customers can then purchase the items at a savings from the listed price. -
Amazon Payments (http://payments.amazon.com)
launched Pay with
Amazon inIndia and expanded the availability of Login and Pay withAmazon inEurope . The payment services give hundreds of millions ofAmazon shoppers worldwide a secure way to pay on thousands of websites using the information already stored in theirAmazon accounts. -
Amazon Payments launched a Growth Guarantee (https://payments.amazon.com/guarantee)
for businesses that adopt Login and Pay with
Amazon . With the Growth Guarantee, businesses can trial the service and if after 30 days of launching Login and Pay withAmazon they have not seen an increase in sales,Amazon will refund their fees on up to$100,000 in transactions. -
Amazon Local Register (http://localregister.amazon.com),
a mobile app and secure credit card reader, launched in the U.S.
enabling individuals and small businesses to accept credit and debit
cards from a smartphone or tablet at an industry-leading low, flat
rate with no hidden fees or long-term contracts. Local Register
customers also benefit from access to the
Amazon.com award-winning, fully-dedicated customer support team, and in-app reporting tools. -
Amazon Payments enabled select businesses that use Login and Pay with
Amazon as an online checkout option to offer Amazon Prime members special benefits from their sites. AllSaints.com (https://payments.amazon.com/casestudy/allsaints) is now offering Prime members free shipping when they shop on AllSaints.com and checkout using Login and Pay withAmazon . -
Amazon expanded its Amazon Currency Converter for Sellers (ACCS) service to cover eight currencies. International sellers can be paid directly into their local bank accounts in local currencies including the Euro, British Pound, U.S. Dollar, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, Indian Rupee and New Zealand Dollar. -
Amazon launched North America Unified Accounts to simplify international selling inNorth America . Now, when a seller signs up to sell on eitherAmazon.com or Amazon.ca, they have access to both marketplaces and can more easily create and manage their offers in both the U.S. andCanada . -
Amazon launched the Build International Listings tool inNorth America , enabling sellers onAmazon.com and Amazon.ca to automatically create offers and manage prices in both marketplaces. - Sponsored Products, an advertising program for sellers, introduced six new placements for sellers including product detail pages and mobile search pages to attract customers to their offers.
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Product Ads, an advertising program for sellers, re-opened in the U.S.
the Apparel, Shoes and Luggage categories to Product Ads from sellers.
Globally, Product Ads opened nine categories across
Germany ,France and theUK , including Shoes & Bags, Clothing, Sports & Outdoors,Beauty, Health & Personal Care, Watches,Pet Supplies , Luggage, and Jewelry. -
Amazon launched the 3D Printed Products store (www.amazon.com/3dp) that now gives customers access to more than 6,000 unique print-on-demand products, many that can be customized by material, size, style, and color, and personalized with text. The store includes convenient search tools, interactive 3D preview functionality and a product personalization widget. Since launch, the number of items listed in the store has grown by 500 percent. -
Amazon opened the Collectible Coins store (www.amazon.com/collectiblecoins) that now gives customers direct access to more than 25,000 unique U.S. coins from over 160 industry-leading dealers showcasing a wide variety of professionally graded and authenticated coins. The new store is one of the largest online destinations to discover and purchase graded U.S. coins, featuring easy-to-use search tools. Historical collections are available including buried treasure coins recovered in the SaddleRidge Hoard and 57th Street Hoard. -
Sellers on
Amazon added thousands of “Certified Refurbished” offers (www.amazon.com/used) from leading electronics manufacturers by focusing on high quality used selection. -
Amazon Wine (www.amazon.com/wine)
expanded its reach and now offers direct-to-consumer shipping from
wine sellers to 27 states including
Arizona ,California ,Colorado ,Connecticut ,Florida ,Georgia ,Idaho ,Illinois ,Iowa, Louisiana ,Maryland ,Michigan ,Minnesota ,Montana ,Nebraska ,Nevada ,New Jersey , NewYork, North Carolina ,Ohio ,Oregon ,South Carolina ,Tennessee ,Texas ,Washington ,Wisconsin ,Wyoming , and theDistrict of Columbia .
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