Boycott Amazon, Without Rebuilding Your Whole Life
Amazon's scale gives it outsized power over workers, small businesses, and local economies. You don't have to quit overnight — start with one category, and build from there.
Read up on Amazon, and then scroll down for alternatives:
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
In Their Own Words: Why Sellers Are Fed Up With Amazon
Amazon Just Learned a $2.5 Billion Lesson About How Not to Treat Customers
Where to actually go instead
Books
Bookshop.org splits sales with local bookstores, at the same price as Amazon. Or just call your neighborhood shop — most will ship.
Learn More →Household & Everyday Goods
Your local hardware and grocery stores carry almost all the samer items, and often for less.
Learn More →Streaming Video
There's lots of quality programming on Netflix, HBO and public channels such as ARTE.
Learn More →Electronics
Skip the Amazon default — local electronics shops and manufacturer sites often match the price with real customer service.
Learn More →Handmade & Small-Batch Goods
Etsy isn't perfect, but it keeps more money with individual makers than Amazon Handmade does.
Learn More →Everything Else
Before you search a product on Amazon, try the manufacturer's own site first — many ship directly, often with better warranties.
Learn More →You don't have to do this all at once
Pick one category
Whatever you buy on Amazon most often — start there, not everywhere at once.
Find one real alternative
Use the list above, or ask in your local mutual aid or organizing group chat.
Try it for a month
Habits change faster with a trial period than with an all-or-nothing pledge.
Tell someone what worked
The easiest way to help a neighbor quit Amazon is to hand them a specific alternative, not a lecture.
Know a better alternative?
This list only stays useful if organizers keep it current. Tell us what to add.
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