Amazon.com

Online department store, selling books, digital downloads, Kindle e-reader, clothing & more.

The global behemoth of online retail Amazon.com, is a one-stop online shop with a humongous product selection. Many items can be shipped to Australia, and Amazon.com makes it easy to browse the available products with their Amazon Global store. Recent years have seen a big push towards digital download content, with the Kindle eBook readers and book store, Amazon Android apps, MP3's and streaming videos -- although unfortunately their digital music and video selection is not yet available to Australians.

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Helpful Store Information:

• Accepted Payments: Visa Card, Master Card, American Express
• Delivery Methods: Express, Standard Post, Electronic Download
• Google Search for Amazon.com: amazon.com
• Twitter Account: http://twitter.com/amazon
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/Amazon
  

Did You Know?

• You can browse all the products available for shipping to Australia by visiting Amazon Global:
  Amazon.com Global Store Home Page

• Millions of products are available for Australians to buy online at Amazon.com, including Kindle eReaders and eBooks, paperback and hardcover books, DVDs, electronics, baby products, pet supplies, health products, video games, and more.

• In September 2011 Amazon announced their first tablet device, the Kindle Fire, with a price tag of $200 -- due for release in the US on November 15, and no confirmation of availability to Australian shoppers yet.

• Sales exceeded 9.91 billion dollars in the 2nd quarter of 2011.

• In preparation for the release of their first tablet device, Amazon launched their Appstore for Android in March 2011, with popular apps available including Angry Birds, Evernote, Doodle Jump, and more.

• The Amazon group also has stores in the UK, Canada, China, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan.

• Kindle App for iPad: in May 2010 iPad owners worldwide can read Kindle books using the new Kindle for iPad App for the first time.

• Shop online in AUD: In 2007 Amazon.com launched a currency converter, allowing Australians to see the purchase price in their local currency before they checkout.

• The Kindle eBook reader launched in 2007, and went on to become Amazon's best selling product ever.

• Amazon launched its online grocery store with over 14,000 items to buy online in 2006.

• In 2004 the best selling product in the Apparel and Accessories store, was a women's UGG boot.

• The worlds largest book, 'Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom', was available exclusively at Amazon.com in 2003. The photographic book weighed about 59kg, and was the size of a ping pong table when open.

• Sales exceeded 1 billion dollars for the first time in the last quarter of 2001, and Amazon made its first profit.

• At the beginning of 1999 Amazon.com had 6.2 million customers.

• Amazon.com became the No. 1 online music store in 1998 -- iTunes would eventually take that crown of course!

• Amazon.com begins: in 1995 Jeff Bezos started selling books online out of his garage in Seattle