Amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world, with revenues in excess of $570 billion in 2023. And that's no surprise, really: with 3 billion monthly website visits and more than 300 million active users triggering 1.6 billion shipments daily, Amazon is undoubtedly one of the most dominant brands in e-commerce.
But while most of us likely associate Amazon with its online storefront, the company has its fingers in many more pies than just retail. You're probably aware that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is an Amazon product — it's in the name, after all. And you may also have heard of, or even bought, some of the private-label products Amazon sells .
But are you old enough to remember Amazon acquiring IMDb in those heady pre-Y2K days? And then there are all the Amazon-owned, but independently operating retailers and services such as Audible, Zappos, and Woot, most of which don't carry obvious Amazon branding. There's a lot more to Amazon's operations than just its storefronts and cloud services. So, whether you're just curious or want to try and seek out legitimate alternatives to Amazon , here's a list of 13 apps, services, and tech brands the e-commerce giant owns.
IMDb has been under the Amazon banner for so long that we wouldn't blame you for not realizing that the American corporation owns it. Amazon made an initial approach in late 1997, mere months after it went public in May , before fully acquiring the site in April 1998. We don't know how much Amazon spent on IMD.
