Amazon grants users a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license for personal and non-commercial use of its services, explicitly excluding resale, commercial use, collection of product listings or prices, data mining, and use of automated data extraction tools.
This analysis describes what Amazon's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This provision limits the scope of the license granted to users and explicitly prohibits data mining, scraping, and automated data collection from Amazon Services. The prohibition on collecting product listings, descriptions, or prices has direct implications for price comparison services, market research tools, and e-commerce analytics platforms.
⚠ Use of Amazon Services beyond the stated personal and non-commercial license scope may result in account termination and license revocation as stated in the Conditions of Use
Cross-platform context
See how other platforms handle License and Access Restrictions and similar clauses.
Compare across platforms →"Subject to your compliance with these Conditions of Use and any Service Terms, and your payment of any applicable fees, Amazon or its content providers grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and make personal and non-commercial use of the Amazon Services. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of any Amazon Service, or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of any Amazon Service or its contents; any downloading, copying, or other use of account information for the benefit of any third party; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.Excerpt from Amazon's Conditions of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The prohibition on automated data collection and scraping engages questions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the enforceability of which against web scraping has been subject to significant litigation in US courts, …
Enforcement risk, jurisdiction flags, contract triggers, and due diligence action items.
Get the research letter
Companies change their terms quietly. We read every version and catch what actually changed. One email a week on the changes that matter and what they mean.
This provision limits the scope of the license granted to users and explicitly prohibits data mining, scraping, and automated data collection from Amazon Services. The prohibition on collecting product listings, descriptions, or prices has direct implications for price comparison services, market research tools, and e-commerce analytics platforms.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon.