Amazon reported strong sales and profit in the Q3 due to to growth in North America and in its cloud computing unit.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-computing division reported a 79% sales increase to $2.09bn.
Overall net sales increased 23% to $25.4bn in Q3, compared to $20.6bn in the year-ago period.
Net income was $79m, or $0.17 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $437m, or $0.95 per diluted share, for the same period last year.
Operating income was $406m in the quarter, compared to an operating loss of $544m for the same period in 2014.
Sales in North America increased 28% to $15bn, from $11.7bn in the same quarter a year ago. International sales grew to $8.3bn from $7.7bn year-over-year in the third quarter.
Amazon expects its fourth quarter net sales to be between $33.5bn and $36.75bn. Operating income is estimated to be in the range of $80m and $1.28bn.
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