Amazon.com
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.