Small businesses.
Thriving communities.
Thriving communities.
From small towns to major cities across all 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, independent sellers are making a real impact in the places they call home.
GEN-Y Hitch
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Nappanee, IN
Bon AppéSweet
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Leonardtown, MD
Vital Pet Life
|
Los Angeles, CA
BedJet
|
Newport, RI
From success to impact: how independent sellers enrich our communities
At a glance
More than
60% of sales
in Amazon’s store come from independent sellers—most of
which are small and medium-sized businesses
60% of sales
in Amazon’s store come from independent sellers—most of
which are small and medium-sized businesses
In 2025, independent sellers employed over
2M people
in the US to support their Amazon-related businesses
More than 75,000 independent sellers
surpassed $1 million in sales in 2025
surpassed $1 million in sales in 2025
US-based independent sellers
exported more than 580 million
items globally in 2025
exported more than 580 million
items globally in 2025
There are Amazon independent sellers in
all 50 states, Washington,
DC, and Puerto Rico
all 50 states, Washington,
DC, and Puerto Rico
In 2025, Amazon helped US-based small businesses
get more than
$1 billion in financing
get more than
$1 billion in financing
Perspectives
Inside the seller experience
Inside the seller experience
What started with a terracotta foot scrubber brought back from Pakistan has grown into a 35-year-old wellness brand managing more than 110 SKUs in the Amazon store — and expanding globally.
Gilden Tree
|
Omaha, NE
Maine Crisp
|
Winslow, ME
Nanodropper
|
Rochester, MN
Lindsay Manufacturing
|
Ponca City, OK
Explore our programs
Amazon resources to fuel the growth of independent sellers
Product Opportunity Explorer helps independent sellers identify unmet demand and new growth opportunities. With this tool, sellers can analyze trends in customer searches, purchases, reviews, pricing, and more. With new AI capabilities, the tool analyzes billions of customer interactions—searches, clicks, and purchases—while considering their existing portfolio to deliver clear recommendations on similar but unique products. Sellers can see which features matter most, where demand is trending, and what customers expect to pay right away—insights that once required weeks of research. With one of its capabilities, Unmet Demand Insights, sellers can see where customer needs aren’t being met. For example, identifying that customers searching for cooling beach chairs want specific features like ventilated fabric, sun canopies, and solar-powered fans.
With Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), Amazon is opening its full portfolio of freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities to businesses of all types and sizes, not only Amazon sellers. With ASCS, Amazon is expanding its third-party logistics capacity to support businesses in industries such as health care, automotive, manufacturing, and retail. Any business can now move, store, and deliver everything from raw materials to finished products using the same supply chain that supports Amazon and independent sellers.
With Amazon’s listing creation tool, independent sellers can create high-quality product listings by describing their products in just a few words, uploading an image, or providing a URL from their existing website. The tool generates titles, bullet points, and descriptions using customer insights and shopping data that resonate with customers.
Seller University is a free educational resource designed to empower independent sellers to create successful businesses. Sellers can learn how to list, price, fulfill, and advertise with Amazon, or explore advanced topics to take their selling to the next level. With videos and downloadable guides that span across 35 topic areas in 21 languages, sellers can stay up to date on tools, processes, and opportunities.
Every day, customers can discover small businesses while shopping in the Amazon store—by looking for the Small Business badge on listings and interacting with Rufus, Amazon’s generative AI-powered conversational shopping assistant.
When shoppers ask about small businesses, Rufus can direct them to relevant pages, such as Support Small for storytelling and education, and the Small Business Shopping Hub for deals, seasonal picks, and more.
When shoppers ask about small businesses, Rufus can direct them to relevant pages, such as Support Small for storytelling and education, and the Small Business Shopping Hub for deals, seasonal picks, and more.