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The article below will outline all the steps needed to set up your Amazon Business Account.

Important: Please note that an Amazon Business Account is required, you do not need an Amazon Business Prime account or an Amazon Prime account, as these are not free options.

If you are using both Amazon Business & Business Prime; Adding users will add to your user count for both products & may result in additional costs on the Business Prime account.

Setting up your Organization's Admin Amazon Business Account
Invite users individually through Amazon or you can import users into Amazon via a spreadsheet.

What is Amazon Business?

Amazon Business provides purchasing solutions that let registered businesses and their designated associates (users) shop for business supplies on Amazon. People who have a business user account can purchase on Amazon on behalf of their employer. The following article is intended for an admin user or champion.

For more information on the benefits of integrating Amazon and Procurify, click here. For more information on Amazon Business, click here.

Important: Each user who will be submitting requests through Amazon PunchOut will be required to set up an Amazon Business account and be added to an Amazon Business group to use Amazon PunchOut.

Setting up your Organization's Admin Amazon Business Account

Navigate to the Amazon Business page for either Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.ca
Follow the prompts to create an Amazon Business account.

If you're having issues with this part of the setup process, please contact Amazon's support.

Inviting Users to the Amazon Business Account

1. (a) Invite users individually through Amazon

1. Log into your Amazon business account. You must be an administrator on the account.

2. Hover your mouse over your name & organization name available at the top right of your screen.

3. Select Business Settings from the drop-down list.

4. Scroll down to the Members section and select People.

5. Select the button and select Add people from the drop-down menu.

6. In the field titled Enter email addresses, type in the email of each user that you would like to invite to Amazon Business. It is possible to type in the multiple email addresses separated by commas.

7. Select the checkbox PunchOut User and Requisitioner before clicking Add.

Users will receive an Amazon Business email invite. After adding users, continue the setup process by adding groups and configuring your Amazon account settings.
If you're having issues with this part of the setup process, please contact Amazon's support.

(b) Import users into Amazon via a spreadsheet

1. Log into your Amazon Business account as an Administrator.

2. Hover your mouse over your name and organization name available in the top right of your screen.

3. Select Business Settings.

4. Scroll down to the Members section and select People.

5. Click the button and select Upload List of People.

6. Download the template by clicking Download this spreadsheet template.

7. After adding user information to the template, upload the file by pressing the Upload File button.

Users will receive an Amazon Business email invite in their inbox. After adding users, continue the setup process by adding groups and configuring your Amazon account settings.

Still need help?

Check out Amazon's support page, or view our Troubleshooting Amazon PunchOut guide.