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Screenshot from downed page on Amazon website during the March 5th event.

Shoppers are reporting widespread problems with Amazon’s website, raising questions about a potential outage, according to data from Downdetector.

What we know:

Downdetector shows more than 19,400 reports of issues, first beginning just before 2 p.m. on March 5.

Users say they are experiencing:

  • Checkout and payment errors
  • Incorrect or fluctuating prices
  • Problems updating shipping locations

Many report being unable to complete purchases.

What they're saying:

Posts on X indicate customers are encountering checkout failures and cart glitches.

Several users say prices appear inconsistent or change at checkout.

As of 3:22 p.m., over 19,400 people were still submitting outage reports to Downdetector.

Data from Downdetector shows 58% of problems come from checkout, 17% from product page, and 14% from mobile.

What's next:

It remains unclear what is causing the disruption or how long it may last.

Amazon has not yet issued a public statement regarding the reported issues.

The Source: This article was written using outage data from Downdetector and user reports shared on X.

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