Amazon Opens Home Automation Shop

Amazon has been selling home automation products for a long time now but they have now officially launched their own home automation shop. Now many of the off the shelves products we have written about here, are now available for the Amazon website in one convenient location.  According to them, the new storefront contains more than a thousand different products, such as smart lighting solutions, energy management home monitoring and security, temperature control, and even entertainment systems.

Amazon which started selling just books has widen its product categories over recent years  and with the global home automation market expecting to worth over US$16 Billion over the next six years, According to Transparency.  This seems like a good time for them to have their own Home Automation Store. According to ABI Research, US homes installed over 1.5 million home automation systems last year alone, they are predicting this amount to grow to 8 million by 2017.

Some of the hottest products in the news this year, such as Belkin WeMo , Nest Learning Thermostat, Sonos and Dropcam can be found on their website. You won’t find the high-end solutions on the website it more geared toward those who want a DIY solution before the make a bigger investment.

Therefore, if you are new to home automation and just want to see what it can do for you then this is a good place to start. Some of the common areas to start your home automation project is security – by setting up home monitoring; entertainment – extending your entertainment beyond the living room and energy management – installing devices and software that will help you to understand your energy use, manage it better and save money.

You can check out the new Home Automation Store here on Amazon.com.