What Is AmazonBuyForMe?
AmazonBuyForMe is an Amazon bot that crawls websites as part of the Amazon Buy For Me service. This bot visits product pages and e-commerce websites to gather product information and make purchases on behalf of human users. You can use Agent Analytics to see how often AmazonBuyForMe visits your website.
Agent Type
Expected Behavior
AI agents are autonomous programs that browse websites to complete tasks on behalf of human users or systems. Unlike traditional bots that follow simple scripts, AI agents can make decisions, navigate through multi-page workflows, interact with forms, and adapt their behavior based on page content. They typically execute JavaScript, handle cookies and sessions, and may spend varying amounts of time on pages while processing information. Request patterns can be unpredictable since they depend on the agent's goals rather than following fixed crawl paths.
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| Operated By | Amazon |
| Last Updated | 7 hours ago |
Top Website Robots.txts
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Top Website Blocking Trend Over Time
The percentage of the world's top 1000 websites who are blocking AmazonBuyForMe
Overall AI Agent Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from AI agents
Robots.txt
In this example, all pages are blocked. You can customize which pages are off-limits by swapping out / for a different disallowed path.
User-agent: AmazonBuyForMe # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/amazonbuyforme
Disallow: /Frequently Asked Questions About AmazonBuyForMe
Should I Block AmazonBuyForMe?
Generally no. AmazonBuyForMe acts on behalf of human users to complete tasks, so blocking it prevents those users from being productive with your content. This can create frustration and negative sentiment about your website. Allowing AmazonBuyForMe enables users to interact with your website through their preferred tools and workflows.
How Do I Block AmazonBuyForMe?
If you want to, you can block or limit AmazonBuyForMe's access by configuring user agent token rules in your robots.txt file. The best way to do this is using Robots.txt Categories, which update automatically as new agents are discovered. While the vast majority of agents operated by reputable companies honor these robots.txt directives, bad actors may choose to ignore them entirely. In that case, you'll need to implement alternative blocking methods such as firewall rules or server-level restrictions. You can verify whether AmazonBuyForMe is respecting your rules by setting up Agent Analytics to monitor its visits to your website.
Will Blocking AmazonBuyForMe Hurt My SEO?
Blocking AI agents is unlikely to directly impact traditional SEO rankings since search engines don't rely on these tools for indexing. However, as AI-powered search becomes more prevalent, preventing AI agents from accessing your content could limit user engagement through AI-assisted workflows.
Does AmazonBuyForMe Access Private Content?
AI agents typically only access publicly available content that users can reach through normal browsing. However, if configured with authentication credentials or given access to private systems, they could potentially access private content within their granted permissions. The scope depends entirely on how they're deployed and what access they've been given.
How Can I Tell if AmazonBuyForMe Is Visiting My Website?
Setting up Agent Analytics will give you realtime visibility into AmazonBuyForMe visiting your website, along with hundreds of other AI agents, crawlers, and scrapers. This will also let you measure human traffic to your website coming from AI search and chat LLM platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.
Why Is AmazonBuyForMe Visiting My Website?
AmazonBuyForMe likely discovered your site through links from other websites, search results, or by following specific instructions to complete a task that led it to your content. AmazonBuyForMe may also visit your site if it contains information relevant to a user's request or if your site is part of a workflow it's executing.
How Can I Authenticate Visits From AmazonBuyForMe?
Agent Analytics authenticates agent visits from many agents, letting you know whether each one was actually from that agent, or spoofed by a bad actor. This helps you identify suspicious traffic patterns and make informed decisions about blocking or allowing specific user agents.