Amazon outages reported as customers complain of pricing issues and problems at checkout

Thousands of users are reporting that Amazon’s website is down, leaving shoppers with page errors when they attempt to access the site.

According to Downdetector, there were more than 18,000 reports of problems with Amazon’s site beginning around 2:15 p.m.

The reports started to decline around 2:20 p.m., but began to climb again around 3:00 p.m for about an hour. Reports dropped significantly beginning around 4 p.m.

As of 7 p.m., there are fewer than 1,300 Amazon-related reports on Downdetector, and service appears to have been restored.

Shoppers complaining on social media said they were experiencing issues with checkout and payment errors, incorrect or fluctuating prices on items, and problems when attempting to update their shipping locations or locate their store inventories.

Some have complained that they cannot complete their purchases on the site.