AMZN MKTP stands for Amazon Marketplace — it appears whenever you make a purchase on Amazon, especially from a third-party seller.
AMZN MKTP is Amazon's billing abbreviation for Amazon Marketplace — the platform where both Amazon itself and millions of third-party sellers list products. When you buy something on Amazon, the charge on your statement almost always appears as AMZN MKTP rather than just "Amazon".
The characters after the asterisk (for example, AMZN MKTP US*2K8J9) are a truncated version of your order reference number. Amazon's billing system is registered in the United States, which is why UK and other international customers see the US suffix — this doesn't mean you've been charged in dollars or that it's a foreign transaction. Your bank converts the currency if needed.
If you see multiple AMZN MKTP charges on the same day, each one typically corresponds to a separate item or seller within the same order — Amazon often splits payments when products are fulfilled by different sellers or warehouses.
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