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What is Amazon Shop Direct?

Amazon Shop Direct is a free Amazon program that lets shoppers discover your products in Amazon search, Rufus, and Alexa, then buy directly on your website.

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Is Shop Direct Right For Your Brand?

With 100M+ products, 400K+ merchants, zero listing fees, and zero commission, Shop Direct is a low-risk way to test Amazon demand.

Amazon demand testing Amazon demand testing

Validate whether Amazon shoppers search for your products before investing in Seller Central, ads, and marketplace operations.

Avoid Amazon fee structureAvoid Amazon fee structure

Get Amazon visibility without marketplace listings, Buy Box pressure, referral fees, fulfillment changes, or losing control of the experience.

Fulfillment readiness Fulfillment readiness

Your team already handles orders, inventory, shipping, returns, and support — so Amazon-referred shoppers can buy without changing operations.

Own your customer data Own your customer data

Amazon-referred shoppers enter your checkout, so customer data, follow-ups, and retention stay with your brand.

What your store needs for Shop Direct?

Shop Direct requires accurate, structured catalog data. Amazon uses it to match your products to the right shopper searches. Here’s what your feed needs to include:

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Active eCommerce store Unique product identifiers (GTINs, UPCs, or ISBNs) Accurate product titles & descriptions High-quality product images Live pricing & stock availability

Benefits of using Amazon Shop Direct

Shop Direct gives your brand Amazon-scale discovery while keeping the sale, the margin, and the customer relationship on your store.

Amazon Discovery Access Amazon Discovery Access

Reach shoppers searching for products like yours across Amazon Search, Rufus and Alexa, without creating traditional Amazon marketplace listings.

Store-Owned TrafficStore-Owned Traffic

Send Amazon-referred shoppers directly to your product pages, so the buying journey continues on your store.

Commission-Free Sales Commission-Free Sales

Amazon charges no listing fee or sales commission for Shop Direct. Your margins stay on your store, not with a marketplace.

Low-Risk Demand Test Low-Risk Demand Test

Test Amazon shopper interest without building a full Seller Central operation or changing your existing fulfillment setup.

THE FINE PRINT

While the discovery happens on Amazon, the control of the sale stays with you. Amazon doesn't track behavior on your site, and prohibits using program data to make sourcing, inventory, or pricing decisions in its own store.

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon Shop Direct is a free Amazon program that lets shoppers discover products from external brands in Amazon search, Alexa and Rufus, then complete the purchase on the brand’s own website.

No. Shop Direct helps eligible products from your website appear in Amazon discovery. You do not need to create traditional Amazon marketplace listings for Shop Direct. The purchase happens on your website.

No. Amazon charges no listing fee or sales commission for Shop Direct. Any service cost depends on the feed provider you work with.

On your website. Your store handles payment, fulfillment, shipping, returns, and customer service through the systems you already use.

There’s no guarantee. Submitting a feed gives Amazon your catalog data, but Amazon decides which products surface based on relevance, shopper intent, and data quality.

No. Once a shopper leaves Amazon for your site, Amazon doesn’t collect behavioral data through this service, and prohibits using program data for sourcing, inventory, or pricing decisions in its store.

Unique identifiers, titles, descriptions, brand details, categories, high-quality images, pricing, availability, and direct product-page URLs. Cleaner data improves your match rate.

Yes. Shop Direct runs separately from your Seller Central listings and does not affect your existing marketplace presence. The right configuration depends on how your catalog is structured, and our team will map that out with you after the eligibility review.

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