Amazon Business: Helping Firms Save Time and Money
Amazon has announced that business customers can now gain even more benefits through Amazon Business Prime membership thanks to collaborations with Intuit QuickBooks, CrowdStrike and Gusto.
The aim of the integrations is to support small and midsize businesses (SMBs) as their organisations grow.
Empowering SMBs
Small businesses have become a significant aid to supply chain stability in recent years, with small supplier engagement often viewed as a solution to navigating disruption. Large enterprises are now seeing the value in investing in these businesses, or supporting them in their operations.
Now, Amazon Business is adding even more value to small and midsize business customers through partnerships with Intuit QuickBooks, CrowdStrike and Gusto. The partnerships are set to help SMB customers save time and money, allowing them to focus on more strategic matters.
Amazon Business offers low prices, significant selection and convenience, as well as a diverse supplier network, reliable global logistics systems, intelligent automation tools and adaptable workflow features. It is able to meet the needs of businesses of all shapes and sizes, including hundreds of thousands of global small businesses.
Now, Amazon Business is supporting these SMBs in financial management, cybersecurity and human resources.
“Small business owners wear a lot of hats – accountant, HR manager, IT lead – sometimes all before lunch,” says Todd Heimes, VP at Amazon Business.
“We’re thrilled to introduce new Business Prime benefits that help them work smarter, save money, and get back to what they love most: running their business.”
Member benefits
The new benefits are available to Business Prime members in the US – so long as they do not have pre-existing accounts on these collaborator platforms. Through the collaboration, SMBs will be able to gain access to these platforms at significantly reduced pricing, incentivising them to make the changes needed to increase efficiency and cost savings.
Intuit QuickBooks
QuickBooks is offering industry-leading financial management tools to Business Prime members, with direct integration to help small businesses automate purchase reconciliation and categorisation. Through QuickBooks, small businesses can ensure end-to-end finance management, which includes automated payments, allowing faster payments and seamless reconciliation of books.
Small businesses can simplify operations, gain cash flow visibility and streamline financial management through this new collaboration, getting 60% off regular QuickBooks pricing.
CrowdStrike Falcon Go
For members on the Essentials plan and above, CrowdStrike Falcon Go is now available at no extra cost. This will bring leading cybersecurity capabilities to small and midsize businesses. Its AI-native protection can stop data breaches, which ensures prevention against ransomware, malware and other cyber attacks.
It offers SMBs enterprise-grade protection, with speed, efficacy and AI-powered detection. It will help operations run securely and allow businesses to stay resilient against evolving threats.
Gusto
Members can gain access to Gusto's all-in-one system for hiring, onboarding, payroll and benefits administration. This ensures business owners can stay compliant with company policies, save time and reduce manual work. The payroll and HR platform helps small businesses automate payroll, simplify HR management and drive compliance.
Members will receive 70% off their first 12 months of Gusto's platform services, gaining access to tools which will save them hours of work each week at a fraction of the cost.
Delivering business value
Business Prime is demonstrating itself as a valuable tool for business owners around the world – particularly to SMBs who may not have the same resources as large enterprise competitors.
Through Business Prime and its new collaborations, SMB owners can expect major cost savings, convenient shipping and solutions to optimise their workflows. The platform is already transforming SMBs, helping them scale and gain resources that protect their operations.
