Unknown Facts about Amazon
Amazon, the brand that shaped the online shopping, we know as it is today, has acquired this status over a span of just 20 years. Presently the revenue of this company is greater than the annual GDP value of half of the nations in the world. Beginning as the largest online bookseller, Amazon came a long way out sizing any e-commerce ventures in the close vicinity. But apart from the overwhelming success, business volume and growth stories there are some astonishing facts that may worth the attention of ardent fans all over the world. Here we are going to introduce 5 relatively unknown facts about this company.
Thoughts behind choosing the name
Many consider the name Amazon makes one refer to the mighty river and world’s largest rainforest in the South American basin. But though the analogy is particularly not inappropriate just from the point of view of the mammoth size of the brand, the beginning tells a different story as far as the naming is concerned. Amazon was primarily a bookseller and the name with ‘a’ was chosen to refer to the range of books meaning ‘a-z’ of books. Back then Google and other search engine listings used to list sites alphabetically and that was another reason to choose a name starting with the first letter of the alphabet.
It all started out from a little garage
This seems similar to so many great business ventures and era changing business ideas. Yes, like Apple, Dell and many others the beginning of Amazon was also not star studded. The venture just began from a garage without even a proper room to call as office for the online marketer. In the decades to follow it will not only surpass world’s mightiest business corporations in terms of revenue and growth, but it will shape the way people on this planet spend their money on goods and consumables.
Everyone gets a working knowledge of customer service
In respect of work culture and focused customer service, the brand has already created an array of milestones and is considered one of the most client-centric business organizations in the world. Over the years, corresponding to its huge growth, the brand gave more focus on customer service and a surprising insider fact would help to understand how this company values customer service. In Amazon, every employee has to serve 2 days in every 2 years in the customer service process and even the CEO of the company is not granted an exception from this mandatory practice.
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