It's easy to get used to good things very quickly. It's convenient when with a few mouse clicks you can find, order, buy and receive the goods you need at home in one place. It's just that in relation to Russians, this process has been significantly complicated by foreign online stores for some time now. And today not everyone knows how to order from Amazon to Russia in 2023. But since the consumption process cannot be stopped even by sanctions, today we will take a close look at this issue.
Does Amazon deliver to Russia?
In this case, there is a "suspension of activities" of the company on the territory of the Russian Federation. Unlike many other companies, Amazon did not leave the domestic market. The suspension of its activities is solely due to technical difficulties associated with paying for goods using Russian bank cards, as well as difficulties in organizing logistics chains for product delivery.
Therefore, technically (and in fact), the answer to the question "does Amazon work in Russia?" is positive. After all, the company did not stop serving Russians, its website is available from the territory of the Russian Federation without any VPNs and other anonymizers. But the interaction of the marketplace with Russian customers has become noticeably more complicated.
Amazon in Russia: Ways to Interact
Since in addition to the logistics issue itself, it is also necessary to solve the financial issue (method of payment for goods purchased on the American marketplace), an order from Amazon to Russia can go according to two different scenarios, depending on whether you have a foreign payment card. Namely:
- Order to a foreign address: if you have a card from a foreign bank and the ability to use a foreign address, for example, thanks to friends and relatives abroad, you can place an order by specifying their address. After that, it will only remain to resolve the issue of transferring the parcel from your acquaintances to you. Which is not so difficult to do if your connections are physically located on the territory of one of the neighboring countries;
- Using intermediaries: in the absence of the ability to order to a foreign address, you can use the services of intermediaries. There are many companies that provide services for transporting goods from abroad to Russia. Delivery to Russia from Amazon is possible with the help of the following services:
