Annual net sales of Amazon 2004-2021

From 2004 to 2021, the net revenue of Amazon.com's e-commerce and service sales has increased tremendously. In the last reported year, the multinational e-commerce company's net revenue was almost 470 billion U.S. dollars, up from 386 billion US dollars in 2020.

Amazon.com, an American electronic commerce company originally founded in 1994, is the world’s largest online retailer of books, clothing, electronics, music, and many more goods. As of 2021, the company generates the majority of it's net revenues through online retail product sales, followed by third-party retail seller services, AWS, and retail subscription services including Amazon Prime. Amazon is also the producer of the leading e-book reader, the Amazon Kindle.

From seller to digital environment

Through Amazon, consumers are able to purchase goods at a rather discounted price from both small and large companies as well as from other users. Both new and used goods are sold on the website. Due to the wide variety of goods available at prices which often undercut local brick-and-mortar retail offerings, Amazon has dominated the retailer market. As of 2021, Amazon’s brand worth amounts to over 683 billion U.S. dollars, topping the likes of companies such as Walmart, Ikea, as well as digital competitors Alibaba and eBay. One of Amazon's first forays into the world of hardware was its e-reader Kindle, one of the most popular e-book readers worldwide. More recently, Amazon has also released several series of own-branded products and a voice-controlled virtual assistant, Alexa.

Headquartered in North America

Due to its location, Amazon offers more services in North America than worldwide. As a result, the majority of the company’s net revenue in 2021 was actually earned in the United States and Canada. In 2021, approximately 280 billion U.S. dollars was earned in North America compared to only roughly 128 billion U.S. dollars internationally.