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Amazon.com Inc said it will let merchants sell products they list with the e-commerce giant directly from their own websites, as part of a move to blunt the momentum of fast-growing competitor Shopify Inc.
The new “Buy With Prime†feature combines Amazon’s payments and fulfillment services and makes them available at checkout on other websites, letting shoppers use their Amazon Prime membership
to receive fast-shipping and other benefits. It’ll be invite-only, and merchants will pay Amazon fees for the service, which were not disclosed.
The online retailer has a strained relationship with millions of merchants who sell goods on its platform. Merchants enjoy having access to Amazon’s US shoppers who will spend $445 billion on the site this year, according to EMarketer Inc.