Amazon.com for Dummies Book

	Introduction	1
	About This Book	1
	Foolish Assumptions	2
	How This Book Is Organized	3
	Icons Used in This Book	4
Part I	Testing the Waters: Finding Your Way Around the Store	7
Chapter 1	Amazon.com 101	9
	What Is Amazon.com and Why Is It Unlike Any Other Store?	10
	What Do They Sell There?	11
	What Don't They Sell There?	16
	What Can (and Can't) You Sell?	17
	Partnership Opportunities	17
	Ooh La La: International Stores	18
	What Amazon Knows about You That No One Else Knows	19
Chapter 2	The Main Stops on the Shopping Circuit	21
	Welcome Home: Amazon.com	21
	Books, Music, and More: Pages in the Store	26
	Getting the Most Out of the Detail Page	31
	The Bottomless Shopping Cart	35
Chapter 3	You Are the Master of Your Account	37
	Who Are You? Setting up a New Account	37
	Where's My Stuff?	41
	Getting Personal	44
	Money Talk: Credit Cards and Payment Issues	50
Chapter 4	Heeeeeeeeeelp!	53
	A Quick Look at What's in Help	53
	Searching Help	55
	Contacting the Man behind the Curtain	56
	Important Stuff You May Need Help With	57
Part II	You Want It? They Got It: Shopping and Buying at Amazon.com	63
Chapter 5	A Closer Look at the Stores	65
	The Master List	65
	Special Features	72
	Specialty Stores	77
	Got Gift? The Amazon Gifts Store	78
Chapter 6	Services at Amazon.com	85
	Get the 411 in Real Time: Amazon Chat	85
	Setting Up Corporate Accounts	88
	At the Movies in Your Neck of the Woods	90
	And a Bite to Eat	91
	Travel Services	92
	Shopping by Catalog Online	93
Chapter 7	The Strange, the Special, and the Super Cheap	95
	Auctions & zShops	96
	Outlet	101
	Specialty Stores	103
Chapter 8	Get What You Want: Find It and Suss It Out	107
	Search Box: All Products or the Stores	108
	AAAGHH! Search Results Demystified	109
	Picky, Picky: Refining Your Search Results	111
	Advanced Search	112
	Product Information	113
	Striking Infogold: Expert Advice	115
	Reviews	117
	It's in the Stars: Customer Reviews	118
Chapter 9	Window-Shopping on the Web	121
	The Basics of Browse	122
	Using the Subnav to Find Goodies	125
	Movers and Shakers	127
Chapter 10	Clicking Your Way to Purchase Paradise	129
	You've Found It, Now How Do You Buy It?	129
	E-Mail Confirmation	135
	How to Cancel Your Order	137
	Better Buying with 1-Click	138
	Order Consolidation	140
Part III	The More the Merrier: The Amazon.com Community	141
Chapter 11	It's All About You! Cool Stuff That Happens Automatically	143
	What Amazon Knows About You That No One Else Knows (Revisited)	143
	Your Very Own Store	146
	Your Favorite Stores	150
	May I Suggest ... Recommendations 101	152
	Amazon on Line 1: Your Message Center	156
	The Page You Made Without Even Trying	157
	Finding Your E-Commerce Twin	159
	One Man's Treasure Is Another Man's ... Treasure?	162
Chapter 12	Putting Your Two Cents In: Reviews, Lists, & Cool Features	165
	Loved It? Hated It? Writing Customer Reviews	166
	Shopping with the Ones You Love	172
	Everybody's Got Listmania!	180
	Share the Love	183
	The People in Poughkeepsie Love Pokemon	188
	So You'd Like to Write a "So You'd Like To" Guide...	190
Chapter 13	Giving (and Getting) Good Gifts	193
	I Really Wish You'd Look at My Wish List	194
	What Anniversary? Setting Up Special Occasion Reminders	200
	Going to the Chapel: Wedding Registries in Detail	202
	Oh Baby! Baby Registries in Detail	208
	When All Else Fails: Gift Explorer	212
Part IV	Making Money at Amazon.com	215
Chapter 14	The Basics of Using Amazon.com to Build Bucks	217
	A Quick Look at the Venues	218
	New for You	321
	Share the Love	322
	Special Occasion Reminders	322
	Weekly Movie Showtimes	323
Chapter 20	Ten Ways to Get Great Deals	325
	The Outlet	326
	Striking Gold in Your Gold Box	326
	At the Bottom of the Page	327
	Super Saver Shipping	328
	Amazon.com Trivia	329
	Amazon.com Credit Card	330
	Better Together	330
	Today's Deals	331
	In Your Box	331
	Friday Sale	332
Chapter 21	The Ten Strangest Items for Sale	333
	CyberPounce	334
	Pyramat PM300 Sound Lounger	334
	Ducane ChuckWagon Gas Grill	335
	Trailer Park Tycoon	336
	SkyBox by Maytag Personal Beverage Vendor	336
	Ronco ROES Electric Egg Scrambler	337
	Ronco FD5 Food Dehydrator, Yogurt Maker, and Beef Jerky Machine	338
	Monthly Doos: The 2004 Dog Poop Calendar	338
	Dr. Billinghurst's BARF DIET Freeze-Dried Patties	339
	Segway Human Transporter	340
Appendix	The Esoteric Amazon: Honor System and Amazon Anywhere	341
	On Your Honor (System)	341
	Amazon Anywhere	343
	Index	345