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In 2009, nearly a quarter of shoppers started research for an online purchase on a search engine like Google and 18 percent started on Amazon, according to a Forrester Research study. By last year, almost a third started on Amazon and just 13 percent on a search engine.ituation 2: We sell some workout DVDs. These do not rank very well amongst the 242,000 results for workout, but when you add part of our seller name (it's made up of two words), you can see our workout DVDs on the first page of results.
Just how many millions isn't known, because Amazon (AMZN) doesn't release Prime membership numbers. However, using surveys, Chicago-based analysis firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimates that about 45% of Amazon's customers in the United States have signed on for Prime.