Amazon (Amazon for short; Nasdaq: AMZN) is the largest online e-commerce company in the United States, located in Seattle, Washington. Amazon was founded in 1994. At first, it only operated online book sales, but now it has expanded to a wide range of other products. It has become an online retailer with the largest variety of goods in the world and the second largest Internet enterprise in the world. The company name also includes AlexaInternet, a9, lab 126 and Internet Movie Database (Internet Movie Database).