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  • Amazon said it shipped more than five billion items via Prime in 2017. 
  •  Its Fire TV Stick and Echo Dot were the best-selling products on Prime.
(Reuters) – Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it shipped over 5 billion items worldwide via its subscription-based Prime service in 2017, while adding more new members than ever before.
The e-commerce giant, which revealed its Prime shipment numbers for the first time, did not give comparable full-year shipment number for 2016.
Amazon claimed that its Fire TV Stick and voice-controlled smart device Echo Dot were the best-selling products among U.S. Prime members from any manufacturer in any category across all of its product offerings.
Amazon Prime, which offers its users services like free two-day shipping for certain purchases and unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video, has been attracting more subscribers every year.
The company said it shipped over 1 billion items worldwide via Prime during the holiday season in 2016.
Shares of the Seattle, Washington based company were up 1.5 percent at $1,187 in afternoon trading.