Posted in: darrelrussell.com edit
08 Jan 2009
I want to know how to contact amazon.com to license their software
that runs all their orders as I am starting an online webstore and
would like to use their code. I've heard their licensing the code to
other companies but I cannot find any more info on the subject.Unless I am misunderstanding what you want to do, I believe you'll
find your information here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/103-3517304-5522259?node=3434651&no=3435361&me=A36L942TSJ2AJA
If this meets your needs fully, I'll be pleased to repost this link as
an official answer. If not, of course, the quest will continue.Actually I'm interested in using their site architecture to sell my
own product. So I'm afraid that doesn't answer my questionHi bigdumps-ga,
Unfortunately, Amazon does not license its software.
After asking Amazon.com customer service four times, I reached someone
who understood the question. Laura of Amazon Web Services wrote:
"Fundamentally, what you're asking for is not available at the present
time. Amazon does not license its underlying e-commerce software to
third-parties."
You may have heard about Amazon Services, a subsidiary launched last
year. Working with Amazon Services is probably as close as you can
get to licensing the software.
A press release says:
"Amazon Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.
(Nasdaq:AMZN) which offers the technology and services that power
Amazon.com to retailers seeking a world-class, cost effective
e-commerce offering for their customers. Amazon Services offers its
retail partners use of Amazon's leading e-commerce website technology,
best-in-class fulfillment and customer service, and access to tens of
millions of customers."
Source: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/altavista/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040526005635&newsLang=en
Although Amazon expects to make big bucks from Amazon Services, I
could find no web site or even a page for the organization, either on
the Amazon.com site or elsewhere on the Web. The closest thing to
access information was the PR phone number on the press release cited
above. I believe this is because Amazon Services is interested in
dealing with small numbers of large businesses, not large numbers of
small businesses.
Amazon also offers the Marketplace, zShops, and Auctions as ways for
smaller businesses to sell through the Amazon.com site. These are
documented on Amazon's site.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/1161232
Additional Links
internetnews.com article on Amazon Services
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/2219931
Network World Fusion article on Amazon Services
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0610amz.html
Associated Press article on Amazon Services on wired.com
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,59354,00.html
I can't tell whether any of Amazon Services, Marketplace, zShops, or
Auctions are of interest to you, so I will end the answer here and
invite you to request a clarification if you would like more
information. If you wish, I can try to dig up some more direct
contact information for Amazon Services.
Regards,
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