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[Details about Amazon online store, company and services]

Useful info about Amazon before shopping on their website

REFERENCES

General: (Amazon on Wikipedia)
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American e-commerce company based in Seattle, Washington. It was one of the first major companies to sell goods over the Internet and was one of the iconic stocks of the late 1990s dot-com bubble. After the bubble burst, Amazon faced skepticism about its business model, but it made its first annual profit in 2003.
Amazon has established separate websites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, and Japan. It ships globally on selected products.

For Webmasters: (Amazon on Etre's Blog)
Eye Tracking heatmaps - A very intersting analyisis of Amazon.co.uk website, based on the "hotspots" from the frontpage.
"Amazon's homepage gets users to the type of product that they are interested in quickly - as is demonstrated by the intensity of eye fixations over "BOOKS", "ELECTRONICS & PHOTO", "MUSIC" and "DVD" in the main navigation menu."

Good opinions: Amazon.co.uk opinions, Amazon.co.uk reviews

Bad opinions: Amazon.co.uk on Blagger

Our Remarks (PROS): Very easy to use interface, prices include VAT and a lot of products.

COMPANY DATA (SITE)

Company Name: Amazon.com, Inc.

Headquarters: Amazon.co.uk, Ridgmont, MK43 0XP   (Show Amazon.com, Inc.  on Map)

Country: United Kingdom

Telephone 1: 0800-279-6620

Telephone 2: 0208-636-9451

E-mail:

Other Useful Links: The official blog, Amazon widgets, Careers at Amazon

OFFICIAL REGISTRATION

Name & Registered Office:
AMAZON. COM U.K., LTD.
PATRIOT COURT
1-9 THE GROVE
SLOUGH
BERKSHIRE
SL1 1QP
Company No. 03499011 Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 26/01/1998

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7499 - Non-trading company

SAFE SHOPPING

SSL Transactions: Yes  (Why is this so important?)

3D Secure: Unspecified  (Another important thing. Why?)

ISIS Compliant: No  (What is this?)

CUSTOMER'S COMFORT

Payment Methods: Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Personal Cheque, Postal Order

Prices Include VAT? Yes

Free Standard Delivery: No

Order By Phone: No

Order Tracking: Yes

Help page / FAQ: Yes

Special Benefits: With Amazon.co.uk DVD Rental by Post you choose the DVDs you want to rent from tens of thousands of available DVD titles at Amazon.co.uk. When you've finished with each DVD, just put it back in its pre-paid return envelope and drop it in a postbox. As soon as we get the DVD back, we'll send you another. There are no late fees and no delivery charges.

Additional Info:  Product reviews by customers

CUSTOMER'S RIGHTS

Legal Info Displayed: Terms Of Use, Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, VAT Number / Company Number

Cancellation Policy: You can cancel or amend any order placed with Amazon.co.uk, provided that the order has not yet entered the dispatch process.  (Know your rights!)

Refund policy: When you send your item back to us (or, in the case of large electrical items delivered via specialist courier, when we collect the item from you), we'll process the returned item then notify you via e-mail of your refund. You can expect a refund in the same form of payment originally used for purchase within three weeks of our receiving your return.

Complaints Policy: Yes

SHOP'S QUICK LINKS

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Help / FAQ

Delivery Info

Cancellation / Refund

Product categories:

Books, Music, DVD & Games, Electronics & Computing, Home & Garden, Toys, Children & Baby, Jewellery & Watches, Shoes & Accessories, Sports & Leisure

Date Added:

2008-04-15 16:33:05

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Official description of Amazon

Amazon.co.uk is famous for selling books, but did you know that we now sell millions of other products too? From cameras to coffee machines, exercise videos to Elvis CDs, there's something for everyone.

We also enable independent sellers to sell new and used items on our website via Amazon.co.uk Marketplace. In addition, we give you a variety of resources to help you make your choice, including customer reviews and personal recommendations.

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