Comments on: Eliminating third-party vendors from Amazon searches?

Question: Eliminating third-party vendors from Amazon searches?

hsoltz — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:56:00 -0800

AmazonFilter: Now that Amazon.com sells merchandise from hundreds of third-party vendors, a search that previously would have returned a manageable set of results now turns up pages and pages of products. Is there any way to search for products sold only by Amazon and not by third-party sellers?

Why would this be useful? Amazon Prime doesn't work with third-party sellers. Gift options aren't available, either. You can't pay for some third-party purchases with gift certificates. And the sheer number of results is overwhelming. (My most recent search said "See all 2,380 items.") Google isn't much help.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:34:17 -0800

Have you tried limiting your search by the type of merchandise you're looking for? That might assist.

By: greatgefilte

greatgefilte — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:02:52 -0800

How about Amazon Light? I don't know for sure that it specifically excludes all non-Amazon products, but a quick search seems to point in that direction.

By: BradNelson

BradNelson — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:23:58 -0800

I would like to be able to do this also, but I don't see how I can qualify my search. And Amazon Light doesn't cover kitchen or housewares.