Amazon, other major online retailers still working amid major internet outage
Amazon and other major online retailers' websites are still working amid this afternoon's massive internet outage, but they're taking their time to load.
The outage appears to be affecting dozens of online services, including the ecommerce platform Shopify. Walmart and Target rely on Shopify to support their third-party marketplace sellers.
Mashable reporters were able to add products to their cart and get through the checkout process on Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and eBay as well as several online stores that use Shopify (Sennheiser, Good American, Allbirds, Brooklinen, and Netflix). However, all sites we tried were very slow to load.
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It's still unclear what exactly caused today's outage.
This story is developing.
Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what’s actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons.
