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Amazon bought a company "Small Parts" in 2005, they were a knock off of McMaster. This was probably to make sourcing fasteners easier for Blue Origin.

I referenced Small Parts in another post. They weren't really a McMaster knockoff. They specialized in physically small items while McMaster carried everything industrial.

I still have an 8"x10"x0.062" 6061 aluminum sheet I bought from Small Parts probably 15+ years ago, still in the plastic wrap. Don't even remember what I wanted it for :-)

EDIT/UPDATE: apparently it was called Amazon Supply, later "upgrade" to Amazon Business, and now sunk without a trace, it seems.

Amazon pro failed badly due to mismatch of service levels. Raptorsupplies.com is a similar one that's purely non-US though.