Top 10 interesting facts on Amazon

Amazon company was renamed after the Amazon River, one of the largest rivers in the world, Amazon is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company head office present in Seattle, Washington. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994. This company is considered as the largest Internet-based retailer in the world by total sales and market capitalization. 

Amazon.com started as an online bookstore and later diversified to sell DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads/streaming, audiobook downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry.

The company also produces consumer electronics—notably, Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo. It is the only giant company in the world with a large number of trusted customers.

Here are some interesting facts on Amazon.

1.The first book Amazon.com ever sold was from Bezos' garage in July 1995. The book was Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.

Even now book is available on amazon website with the name of Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of The Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought Paperback – 22 Mar 1996 its cost around  ₹ 3946 & 1297

2.Amazon.com employees spend two days every two years working at the customer service desk, even the CEO. 

This is a good thing; this practice is to help all workers understand the customer service process. which will show good result in improving their company.

3.Amazon's unique users are 5x more valuable than eBay's.

Amazon's average unique user brings in about $189 while eBay's brings in just $39.this is mainly because of the trust & service provided by the Amazon company.

4. During Amazon’s first month in business, it received orders from customers in 50 US states and 45 countries across the world.

The amount received for this is very less, well almost all the companies with initial will get around this sum as average.

5.The logo of Amazon is a smile from A to Z which represents to deliver anything to anywhere.

Really Amazon services for most of the countries will the fewer delivery charges.

6. Amazon is one of the top 5 Brands

We know that Amazon is big & reputed one but how many of you know that it has entered top 5 brands in the world 2017. Where top 4 places we occupied by Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook…..

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7. Amazons brand revenue is around: $133 billion

Even though Amazon is just only a seller & developer due to its worldwide marketing this made it world’s top 5 brands.

8. It is difficult to find a customer care number on Amazon.com because Bezos wants everything done via email. 

He wants his costumers to find themselves taking little effort, & gets a query from costumers then they will definitely solve them.

9. Amazon didn't advertise on television for seven years from 2000 to 2007

They resumed TV ads only with the introduction of the Kindle, the kindle is one of the popular & good product on Amazon.

10. Amazon has frugality than any other company.

 Unlike many other technology companies, food at the company's cafeteria is not subsidized, employees have to pay for parking and vending machines take credit cards. This is really disgusting one because they are employees who work for the Amazon even then they want to take money from their employees