Amazon is a American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization.
Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, and started as an online bookstore but later diversified to sell video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads/streaming, audiobook downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry.
The company also owns a publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, a film and television studio, Amazon Studios, produces consumer electronics lines including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo devices, and is the world's largest provider of cloud infrastructure services (IaaS and PaaS) through its AWS subsidiary. Amazon has separate retail websites for some countries and also offers international shipping of some of its products to certain other countries.
Small businesses can sell their products through Amazon's marketplace. Amazon also offers services like Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), which helps small businesses increase their reach on the site. And there are numerous ad programs available to help small businesses target potential customers on Amazon.
As a business, you can utilize Amazon to sell your product and gain it's numerous benefits in advertising.