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Define the official Amazon website, and the services it provides and how to buy, and the features of the  Amazon website.

Amazon website

Amazon Market is an electronic market that specializes in online retail sales and is the largest in the world in terms of total sales and market value. The market offers a wide range of products after its beginnings were limited to selling books. There are several separate sites from Amazon Market to serve specific countries such as Canada, Britain, Germany, France, China, Japan, and other countries.

Amazon Market History 

The Amazon Market began its career in 1994, and the name of the site was confirmed to be officially launched in 1995 after several changes to the name, and the name Amazon was chosen about the name of the largest river in the world, the Amazon River, which shows how ambitious the founder of the market is to make his market the largest and first At the global level, in the year 2000 AD, the Amazon logo appeared as a distinctive sign with an arrow starting from the letter (a) to the letter (z) within the word (amazon), indicating the wide and comprehensive range covered by the market of products, ie from A to Z, drawing at the same time a smile that appears The extent of the customer's satisfaction in dealing with this market, the beginnings were limited to selling books, especially the literary ones, in addition to four other products that were in high demand during that period.

The idea was distinguished at its inception that the market offered a huge volume of books and was able to provide them to customers despite the absence of warehouses to accommodate this volume of books, as the market used to rely on virtual warehouses, which are the warehouses of the main suppliers and manufacturers, and this idea gave him an advantage over other merchants who relied on warehouses. It has a limited volume of books.

Amazon before 2001 was under suspicion by investors and shareholders who thought that investing in this market was not worth it due to the slow growth of the market and the failure to achieve profits quickly enough, but by the year 2001 AD the equation changed and the Amazon market passed the bubble and establishment period to launch after that to the financial world And the earnings per share amounted to 5 million, which was a clear indication of the progress of the company despite the underestimation of these profits by investors.

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Amazon Marketplace Companies

The Amazon market made many deals during which companies were bought and merged to be part of the Amazon market, for example, but not limited to, Amazon bought Souq to represent the Arabic version of the Amazon market and that was in 2017, as the main Amazon market does not provide an Arabic translation for the market.

One of the companies also incorporated within Amazon is Lab 126, which has developed the Kindle system for reading e-books, which is a combination of software and hardware that allows reading e-books using electronic ink technology, which neutralizes the reflections caused by external lighting, providing comfort to the eye during reading, as it is not available. This feature is in other cell phones.

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Market departments and services

Amazon covers a wide range of products that meet all the needs of customers, including electronic devices of all kinds, clothes, and shoes for all age groups and all seasons and occasions, the market also provides body and health products in addition to elegance and accessories requirements, and the market also provides books, tools, craft equipment, car accessories and many products That cannot be counted, and the market is not limited to providing tangible, physical products, but also by providing cloud storage services, smartphone application service, and electronic payment card services affiliated with the market.

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Buy from Amazon

Amazon provides the possibility of instant shopping from a large store within reach of a wide range of products available, and that is done with just one click, whether shopping from Amazon via computer, tablet, or even smartphone and with the ability to search And finding the products you want to buy easily through the site.

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Amazon application on smartphones

After downloading and opening the application, we go to the product details page to get the item you want to buy, then click Add to Cart, and when you finish adding items to the shopping cart, we click on the shopping cart icon, and if you want to edit the items in the shopping cart, click Delete Or save for a later time next to the item in the basket, then we press go ahead to check the progress of the process and follow the instructions shown on the screen, then review the order information and click on Place the order to complete the purchase, and then the order confirmation screen will appear when the purchase process is completed.

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The most prominent advantages of Amazon

• The site provides the ability to ship to more than a hundred countries and regions around the world.

• The site includes a multilingual feature, which reaches seven different languages, in addition to accepting more than 64 currencies for payments.

• The site enables packages to be tracked after shipment; You can find tracking information in the order details.

• The site enjoys cost transparency, through a good appreciation of shipping and customs duties.

• The site includes a 24-hour customer service feature, either by messaging, chatting, or calling at any time.

• The site allows returning orders with easy and flexible re-shipment of the user's packages within a specific period.

• The site supports the safe shopping feature; This is because it has the reliability necessary to protect customers' personal payment information.

• It provides the ability to shop on the go by downloading the Amazon app on smartphones.

• The site is characterized by the ability to view reviews and reliable reviews and to check some notes about the product from other customers.

• The site offers special offers at low prices, in addition to amazing discounts and deals every day.