Notable Amazon products and services

 Amazon offers an ever-expanding portfolio of services and products. Following is a list of its noteworthy offerings.

Retail

• Amazon Marketplace. Amazon's e-commerce platform enables third-party retailers to showcase and sell their products alongside Amazon items.
• Amazon Fresh. Amazon's grocery pickup and delivery service is currently available in nearly two dozen U.S. cities and a few international locations. A grocery order can be placed through the Amazon Fresh website or the Amazon mobile app. Customers can either get their groceries delivered or visit the store for pickup.
• Amazon Vine. Launched in 2007, Amazon Vine helps manufacturers and publishers get reviews for their products to help shoppers make informed purchases.
• Woot. Acquired by Amazon in 2010, Woot offers limited time offers and special deals that rotate daily. This shop features refurbished items, as well as new items that are low in stock. Prime members get free shipping.
• Zappos. Amazon bought Zappos in 2009. This online retailer of shoes and clothing carries a wide range of brands, including Nike, Sperry, Adidas and Uggs.
• Merch by Amazon. This on-demand T-shirt printing service enables sellers to create and upload their T-shirt designs for free and earn royalties on each sale. Amazon does the rest -- from printing the T-shirts to delivering them to customers.
• Amazon Handmade. This platform enables artisans to sell handcrafted products to customers around the world.

• Consumer technology

• • Amazon Kindle. Amazon's first e-reader, Kindle, enables users to browse, buy and read e-books, magazines and newspapers from the Kindle Store.
  • Amazon Fire tablet. Previously known as Kindle Fire, Amazon's popular and high-profile Fire tablet competes with Apple's iPad.
  • Amazon Fire TV. This line of Amazon's streaming media players and digital devices delivers streamed video content over the internet to a paired high-definition television.
  • Amazon Alexa. This cloud-based, AI-powered, voice-controlled personal assistant is designed to answer queries, interact with users, and perform other tasks and commands.
  • Amazon Echo. This is one of Amazon's smart home devices that comes equipped with a speaker and connects to Alexa. Amazon Echo can perform several functions, including talking about the weather, creating shopping lists and controlling other smart products, such as lights, switches and televisions.