General business

Welcome to better business buying

 

Smarter buying and better results,

to move your organization forward.  

  • Drive efficiencies

    Drive efficiency

    Manage tail spend and increase productivity across your organization with customized workflows and integrations.
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  • Make buying simpler

    Simplify buying

    Save time and accomplish more with a familiar user experience, convenient delivery, and vast selection.

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  • Stay in control

    Gain control

    Empower your team to purchase with flexibility, while maintaining compliance with organizational policies and preferences.

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Benefits buyers trust

We’re continually finding new and better solutions for you. See where better purchasing can take you.

  • Reduce costs

    Use tools to improve your organization’s bottom line with business-only pricing and discounts on eligible items.
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  • Streamline procurement

    Easily integrate with eligible e-procurement systems, and make better decisions with insights from out-of-the-box analytics.
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  • Social responsibility

    Encourage socially responsible purchasing from certified sellers and local businesses. Track and report spend across your organization for local buying, sustainability, and supplier diversity.

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Amazon Business by the numbers

  • 5 million+

    businesses served worldwide

  • 80+ customers

    on the Fortune 100

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“We see big opportunities to shift more purchasing through Amazon Business. We get more savings, more flexibility, more control.”

— Chris Tiesman, Chief Financial Officer, CSAT Solutions

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Amazon Business combines the selection, convenience, and value you expect from Amazon, with features that can help improve your business operations.

  • Yes, you can create a free Amazon Business Account. No commitment, no minimum turnover.

  • If you’re converting your personal account into business one, you’ll use the same email address you’ve been using for your personal account. If you’re creating a new account, use your work email or a different email than your personal one.

  • With access to business-only pricing, bulk discounts, and and price comparison from multiple sellers, you can save on more than a hundred million products.

  • No, however providing your unique provincial ID number or corporation number in addition to general business info helps us verify your account quicker.

  • Yes, we are a punchout catalog on nearly 90 leading procurement systems. Configure your purchasing system in your business settings or work directly with us to get started.

  • Amazon Prime is a membership program available on Amazon. It offers household and entertainment benefits such as Prime Video, Prime Music, Amazon Fresh, Prime Now, and Prime Reading for use at home. Business Prime is separate membership program designed for businesses available only on Amazon Business. It offers business-specific features and benefits suited for work such as a single membership for all users on a business account, fast free business shipping on eligible items, ability to guide your users to certain selection, visibility into your company’s spend, and much more. Amazon Business no longer supports new Amazon Prime membership sign ups. Business Prime is available to Amazon Business customers only and does not include entertainment benefits such as Prime Video or Amazon Music.

  • Does your company sell physical products, and you want to offer them to other companies on Amazon Business? The Amazon Business seller program offers a new set of features including lower fees on high volume transactions, automated VAT invoicing and ability to display VAT-exclusive prices among others. Tailor your offers to the needs of business customers, and increase your sales to businesses.