Amazon will STOP shipping products overseas starting in July - so what does it mean for you?
The giant threatened to cut production to Australia if the new GST was passed
The Australian government has inflicted a GST on the international seller
Customers will be unable to buy Amazon goods from overseas from July 1
Amazon has announced that it will block Australian buyers from buying goods from overseas as it blocks its main website.
The shock move comes in response to the government's international GST amendments.
Amazon's primary site, Amazon.com, will be inaccessible in Australia, with buyers diverted to the local store, which has been heavily criticised for its higher prices and lesser variety.
Amazon will stop selling to Australia from it's primary site
The GST amendment lowers the current minimum spend for GST inclusion from $1000 to $1 in response to backlash from local retailers.
The move, which attempts to level the playing field between local and international retailers, has posed issues to Amazon's worldwide selling scheme.
The 10 per cent GST will be imposed from the July 1 onwards.
The major concern with this move is the lack of options that this will result in for Australian buyers.
The online giant offers up to 500 million products on it's primary site currently, in contrast to the measly 60 million that the Australian site offers.
A spokesman for Amazon said customers would be able to use a new derivative of its brand, Amazon Global.
'Amazon Global Store will allow Australian customers to shop on Amazon.com.au for over four million items that were previously only accessible on Amazon.com.'
With over 500 million products, it's a sharp contrast to the 60 million on offer on the Australian site
He said the company 'had to assess the workability of the legislation as a global business with multiple international sites.'
Whilst considered a win for local retailers, the loss of a great portion of consumer choice may prove to be costly.
Similarly, online platform eBay also threatened to change its guidelines if the new law was passed, however it has yet to comment on their stance.