Amazon has signed a deal to expand the selection of Apple products on its sites worldwide.
The world’s largest e-commerce company said Friday it’ll soon start selling more Apple products directly and have access to Apple’s latest devices, including the new iPad Pro, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and Apple Watch Series 4, as well as Apple’s lineup of Beats headphones. The Amazon-Apple deal encompasses the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and India, with the new products hitting Amazon sites in the coming weeks.
Only Apple-authorized resellers will now be allowed to sell Apple and Beats products on Amazon’s marketplace.
Currently, many of these Apple products are either unavailable on Amazon or are on sale only through its third-party marketplace at varied prices and conditions. Amazon does already directly sell some Apple devices, such as MacBook laptops and Beats headphones.
This is a good thing. Amazon is full of spurious listings for Apple products. I recently wanted to buy my son AirPods; he’s in Paris, and I’m in the UK, and, since they were cheaper on Amazon.fr, I wanted to buy them there rather than from Apple. I sifted through a dozen listings, from all sorts of third-party sellers, before I could find one that was sold and shipped by Amazon. Many of the reviews for the AirPods spoke of counterfeits, and the only way to be certain was to get them from Amazon.
I hope, however, that Amazon doesn’t prevent people from selling Apple products used. I’ve sold a couple of iPods, and a first-gen Apple pencil on Amazon, and it’s practical to be able to sell there, as it’s often less of a hassle than with eBay.
Source: Apple pumps up its Amazon listings with iPhones, iPads and more – CNET
Dirk, thanks for the article. Have one question however, do you see benefit in purchasing Amazon vs Apple store? Here in Spain I use Amazon frequently but due I suspect to cost, they choose the worst performing carriers whereas Apple here uses good ole UPS which I rates as the best.
Is there a compelling reason to go Amazon?
It can be more convenient. I don’t think I would buy a computer from Amazon, but I might buy an iPad, or some accessories. Here in the UK, I get next day delivery from Amazon. Purchases from the Apple store are sometimes delivered the next day, but not always.