Amazon (marketplace channel)

Marketplace selling channel with fulfilment, not an owned storefront

TOP SCORE™

38/100

#5 of 6 E-commerce Platforms

Medium confidence

Score breakdown

What makes up this score

External Reputation
  • No usable third-party ratings
AI Authority32
  • 1 answer engines measured
  • cross-model consistency 1
Web Authority23
  • 7 web authority signals
  • average citing-domain authority 35
Expert Assessment66
  • 100% of the category rubric covered
TOP10 User Score
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Explanation

Why Amazon (marketplace channel) ranks #5

Amazon (marketplace channel) ranks #5 of 6 e-commerce platforms with a TOP SCORE of 38.

The category leader scores 65, a gap of 28 points.

That is 9 points below the category average of 47.

Its strongest component is Expert Assessment at 66; its weakest is Web Authority at 23.

No usable evidence was found for External Reputation, TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.

Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.

Score history

How the score has moved

4138 3.6

05010031 Aug1 Sept

External reputation

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AI visibility

How answer engines treat this platform

EngineMentionRecommendationCitationAvg positionQueriesMeasured
claude sonnet 5 parametric17%17%0%3.01231 Aug 2026

Web authority

Citations and independent coverage

TOP10 users

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Company information

The facts on file

Description
Amazon's marketplace selling channel lets sellers register in Seller Central and list physical products into Amazon's existing catalogue and customer base, with fulfilment handled either by Amazon (FBA) or by the seller (FBM). Standard costs split into selling plan fees ($0.99 per item sold on Individual, $39.99/month on Professional) and category-dependent referral fees, with optional programs such as FBA and Amazon Ads adding cost. It suits sellers of physical goods who want access to demand rather than to build a site, and who can absorb a percentage commission on every order.
Products
Individual selling plan, Professional selling plan, Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), Fulfilled by Merchant (FBM), Amazon Ads, Amazon Business (B2B selling), Amazon Global Selling, Brand Registry brand-building tools (A+ content, digital store), Multichannel Fulfillment, Buy with Prime, Amazon Global Logistics, Customer Service by Amazon, Strategic Account Services, Revenue Calculator
Markets
SMB, Brands, Enterprise, B2B, Cross-border sellers
Countries
United States (Amazon.com store verified), 100+ countries and regions reachable via FBA/Global Selling
Integrations
Selling Partner apps and APIs (Professional plan), Amazon Ads, Amazon Business, Amazon Global Selling, Buy with Prime, Multichannel Fulfillment, Amazon Currency Converter
Pricing
$0.99 per item sold (Individual plan) · free tier: None; the Individual plan has no monthly fee but charges $0.99 per item sold pricing page ↗
Regulatory
No regulatory or licensing facts were verified in this session. A third-party roundup reports the Business Solutions Agreement was updated in February 2026 with an 'Agent Policy' governing automation, but the BSA text itself was not retrieved, so this is unconfirmed. Antitrust and consumer-protection matters were not verified and are deliberately omitted.
Last verified
31 Aug 2026

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  • This platform38
  • Category leader65
  • Category average47
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