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.
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Important: Each user that will be submitting requests through Amazon PunchOut will be required to set up an Amazon Business account and must be added to an Amazon Business group in order to use Amazon PunchOut.
Setting up your main Amazon Business account for your organization
- Navigate to the Amazon Business page for either Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.ca
- Click Create a Free Account.
- 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
There are two methods of inviting users to Amazon Business account to utilize Amazon Punchout
1. (a) Invite users individually through Amazon
- When logged in to your Amazon Business account as an Administrator, Hover your mouse over your name & organization name available in the top right of your screen
- Select Business Settings
- Scroll down to Members & select People
- Click
& the first option in the drop-down menu - In the following pop-up window, type multiple email addresses separated by commas
- Select PunchOut User & Requisitioner before clicking
- Users will now have an Amazon Business invite in their inbox. After confirming their account, they will be ready to use Amazon PunchOut.
- If you're having issues with this part of the setup process, please contact Amazon's support.
(b) Import users into Amazon through a spreadsheet
- When logged in to your Amazon Business account as an Administrator, Hover your mouse over your name & organization name available in the top right of your screen.
- Select Business Settings
- Scroll down to Members & select People
- Click & select Upload List of People
- Download the template by clicking Download this spreadsheet template
- After adding user information to the template, upload the file by pressing the Upload File button. Users will now have an Amazon Business 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.