Amazon Business: Benefits
We are excited to provide this added-value service, which will increase visibility into Amazon transactions, provide greater reporting and analysis capabilities, and increase security of ProCard transactions. This new program simplifies your purchasing process and allows you to take advantage of Amazon’s wide product selection and competitive prices.
Additional benefits include:
- Free 2-Day shipping on Prime-eligible items (learn more)
- Automatic tax-exempt purchasing on items sold by Amazon.com LLC and participating 3rd party vendors
- Access to millions of additional products, available only to Business customers
- Business-specific pricing, including quantity discounts on eligible items
- Access to a specialized Amazon Business Customer Service team
Amazon Business: Structure
The university has transitioned to a single Amazon Business Prime Account. This allows us to build a structured layout of administrators and requisitioners customized to each CSU, while generating cost savings for your CSU and providing opportunities to leverage strategic sourcing. Individuals on campus are no longer allowed to procure memberships to Amazon Prime via their ProCards for business purposes.
Joining Amazon
Registration
Registration Video
If you have received an invitation to the Amazon Business Prime Account, please follow this registration video to get started. If you have not received an invitation to join the offering but are interested in joining, please reach out to related to Amazon orders can be directed to emails to purchasing-utmarket@austin.utexas.edu for guidance on the appropriate next steps.
Amazon Roles
Administrator Role Defined
An administrator is responsible for managing the settings unique to the CSU’s Amazon Business Prime group or subgroup. Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Manage business settings
- Configure shared and individual payment methods and shipping addresses
- Manage people and roles
- Set up approval workflows
- Permission to view all orders and order history for all purchases
- Access to Amazon Business Analytics fields for orders placed
Requisitioner Role Defined
A requisitioner is an individual authorized to make purchases on behalf of the CSU. Their duties include, but are not limited to:
Place orders
- Via shared settings – requisitioner utilizes a shared payment method and shipping address provided at checkout
- Via individual settings – add payment method and shipping address upon checkout
View order history
Submit Order Requests For Approval (if utilized within subgroup)
Amazon Training Videos
Training Videos
The University of Texas at Austin has partnered with Amazon to provide resource videos and guidance materials for usage on campus.
Accepting my Invitation and Registration
Setting Up Groups and Sub-groups
How to set up Guided Buying Policies