UVM’s partnership with Amazon Business Prime simplifies the purchasing process, increases visibility, and allows you to take advantage of the wide selection and competitive prices of the Amazon marketplace. This central account also ensures purchases are compliant with UVM's tax-exempt status.
Business Prime is available to registered UVM users at no extra cost to departments and will be linked to your @uvm.edu email account. Reminder: This is for University business purchases only.
| Benefit | What this means for UVM |
|---|---|
| FREE Fast Shipping | Enjoy FREE One-Day and Two-Day shipping on millions of eligible items — no minimum order required. Get what you need quickly without impacting your budget. |
| Exclusive Business Pricing | Access business-only prices and quantity discounts not available to individual shoppers. The more you buy, the more you save. |
| Specialized Customer Service team | Contact UVM’s Amazon Business Account Executive, Kelsey Bowen (kelsbow@amazon.com) (866) 486-2360 |
| What to look for | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Prime Badge | Look for the Prime logo next to the item title or price. This confirms the item qualifies for fast, free shipping under Business Prime. |
| "FREE One-Day" or "FREE Two-Day" Delivery Label | On the product listing page, eligible items will display FREE One-Day or FREE Two-Day delivery without requiring a minimum spend. |
| Filter by Prime Eligible | On any search results page, use the left-hand filter panel and select 'Prime Eligible' under Shipping options to show only qualifying items. |
| Prime Logo at Checkout | In your cart and at checkout, Prime-eligible items will display the Prime logo confirming free shipping will be applied. |
Please note that it is not allowable for individuals to use UVM's Amazon Business Prime account for personal purchases (using your own personal credit cards).
This type of activity puts UVM’s sales tax exemption with the State of Vermont at risk. Individuals must deactivate any personal credit cards associated with the UVM Amazon Business Prime account effective immediately. It is the individual's responsibility to calculate the state sales tax due to the State of Vermont when completing personal tax forms. Tax exemptions for third party vendors are now an automatic process (applying automatically to all transactions on the business account).
As always, it is best to use UVM’s contracts and pricing agreements. Office supplies and scientific laboratory supplies are mandated through our Staples and Thermo Fisher contracts and are not allowable from Amazon. Questions about UVM’s contracts and pricing agreements should be directed to purchasing@uvm.edu.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use the UVM Amazon account for my personal purchases, since I use my firstname.lastname@uvm.edu account for my home shopping?
No, we cannot personally take advantage of the benefits of the UVM Amazon Business Prime account. For example, individuals are not given an exemption from Vermont state sales tax. Only purchases for the University are granted this exemption.
Can cardholders use their email accounts that end in med.uvm.edu for their UVM Amazon business accounts and keep their uvm.edu addresses for their personal Amazon accounts?
Cardholders can only register their account using the email with which they are invited. The invite will be sent to your uvm.edu email address.
Does a temporary password always go to your email account when setting up your Amazon Business Prime Account?
There are no temporary passwords used during any part of the registration process. If the cardholder is prompted to enter a password (as opposed to creating a password during the registration process), it is because they already have an existing account set up with the email address they are trying to use. If they do not remember the password (some people don’t remember even making the account), they can use the forgot password link to reset their password. The cardholder will receive an Amazon email with a password assistance code.
Can cardholders use their UVM netID (first initial, last name) email address for their Amazon Business Prime Account and keep their first name-last name UVM e-mail address for their personal account?
Cardholders can only register their account using the email with which they are invited.
- If you are added with firstname.lastname@uvm.edu and have already been using that email on an account for personal purchases, you can choose to split off your personal order history and assign it to a new non-UVM email account (gmail.com, yahoo.com, etc.).
- If you want to use netID@uvm.edu as the new email, that is fine. The Disbursement Center must work with Amazon to register this alternate email account.
- If a cardholder wishes to register a different uvm.edu email address, please email purcard@uvm.edu with this request. We will send this request to Amazon to initiate a new invitation.
I didn’t register with Amazon within the 7 days, and the invitation has expired. What do I do?
Email AB-Services@amazon.com to request a new invitation.
After setting up an Amazon Business Prime Account, past history of spend disappeared. Is this correct?
Whether or not the account includes past order history depends on how the account was registered.
- If the cardholder has already been using an account with their uvm.edu email for university purchases, they should migrate the account over.
- If the user has used their uvm.edu email on an account to make personal purchases, they can choose to split off this old history and start fresh with a clean account. The old history will be attached to a personal email account such as gmail.com or yahoo.com. The business account will be the uvm.edu email account.
Since we are all under the umbrella UVM Amazon Business Prime account, can other UVM employees see my purchases?
No, order history is only viewable by the cardholder, with your Amazon login. No one else can see this order history.