Amazon Business at TMU

TMU employees are eligible for access to the TMU Amazon Business account if they:

• make purchases on behalf of the university; and
• hold a valid TMU purchasing card.

TMU Amazon Business accounts are to be set up for payment using a TMU Purchasing Card. 

Exceptions can be arranged with Financial Services. Please contact Purchasing Services via email and copy your manager for their awareness and authorization.

Amazon Business provides account holders with an expansive product selection at competitive prices reserved for business accounts. When making purchases through TMU’s Amazon Business account, you will have access to more than 41,000 Canadian third-party selling partners, most of whom are small to medium-sized businesses.

Amazon Business also offers:

• Free, two-day shipping on Amazon Prime-eligible items (external link) ;
• Access to millions of Amazon Business-exclusive products;
• Business-specific pricing, including quantity discounts on eligible products;
• Additional bulk discounts for orders totalling more than $20,000;
• Mobile access to your TMU Amazon Business account via the Amazon Business Mobile App (iOS (external link)  and Android (external link) ); and 
• Access to a specialized Amazon Business Customer Service team.

Savings opportunities

• No Amazon Prime fee: Access fast, free shipping without paying for Prime
• Preferred pricing: Receive education and volume discounts not available on personal Amazon accounts as well as business exclusive products

Curated, simpligied purchasing

• More items to choose from: 10 million more items available exclusively on the Amazon Business account (over personal Amazon accounts)
• Access to curated catalogues: Tailored to high spend categories with preferred pricing exclusive for TMU
• Simplified purchasing: Orders are linked to your P-Card and TMU’s system for easy reconciliation
• Negotiated high-dollar orders: Amazon will support larger purchases with direct pricing negotiations
• Spend management: Enhanced reporting capabilities to improve tracking and budget management
• Amazon Business Mobile App: Manage orders on the go using the dedicated business app
• Add wish list users: You can add colleagues who do not hold a P-Card as wish list users. They can browse Amazon Business, see TMU's preferred pricing, and build carts of the items they need, then share those carts directly with a P-Card holder to complete the purchase. This keeps buying coordinated while giving your whole team visibility into available savings.

Supporting Canadian businesses

• Access to a high number of medium and small businesses hosted through the Amazon Business platform
• Buy Canadian and local: Preferred Canadian and local suppliers are flagged directly in the platform in support of TMU's “buy local” purchasing policies. With access to more than 300,000 suppliers across Canada, including 145,000 across Ontario, the Amazon Business platform also features a Canada Showcase storefront with hundreds of Canadian brands and thousands of locally sourced products. 
• Supporting Canadian and Ontarian jobs: Amazon employs more than 46,000 people across Canada, including over 28,000 in Ontario, and operates close to 70 operations sites coast-to-coast. Purchasing through Amazon Business directs spending to a supplier with a substantial and growing Ontario workforce and footprint.
• Investing in Canada: Since 2010, Amazon has made direct investments of more than $65 billion in its Canadian operations, spanning fulfilment centres, data centres, tech hubs and the jobs they create, contributing an estimated $55 billion to Canada's GDP.