Amazon is currently facing a significant outage as users worldwide are encountering difficulties accessing the website. Customers have turned to social media platforms to express their frustrations, with a multitude also registering outage complaints on DownDetector.

The outage reports are pouring in from various regions globally, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Social media users highlighted several issues while attempting to use the platform, such as login problems, checkout issues, and challenges in browsing products on the online store.

At 3:48 Eastern Standard Time (8:48 pm GMT), there were over 21,700 problem reports from US users following the commencement of the issue around 2 pm EST. In the UK, reports on the downdetector website peaked at 47 around 8:13 pm.

Some users received a notification on the app alerting them to potential service disruptions. The message reassured users that efforts were underway to resolve the problem swiftly, advising them to try again later or seek assistance on the Customer Service page.

Numerous shoppers from countries like the UK and the US have voiced their inability to access the Amazon website amid this outage.