Unfortunately only in the 10001 zip code.
Amazon Unveils One-Hour Delivery Service
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#12I'm more impressed that the two-hour delivery is free.
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#13How can they get to places within an hour and make a worthwhile margin of profit?
They're charging $7.99 for one-hour delivery. That's about on-par with on-demand courier fees that I've seen in NYC. Presumably the two-hour free delivery will be phased out once they've reached some metric.
$7.99 + you need to have $99 Prime.
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#14How can they get to places within an hour and make a worthwhile margin of profit?
>make a worthwhile margin of profit?
If Dominos can do it for pizzas, amazon can do it for much bigger ticket items.
PLUS they are not incurring the cost of shipping the item to a prime member. Right now for every physical good prime purchase they spend money on shipping.
Also see: Amazon is not worried about short term profit [1]
They have probably planned to not profit for a while in exchange for increased cashflow. Again for Amazon, profit isn't first, the customer is.
[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-jeff-bezos-on-profits...
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#15Wouldn't four hours or anything same day be just as good? Why not save some costs there?
I think most purchases break down into "I need it now" vs. "I need it in a day or two." Currently, Amazon can't get the first category, so it's served by local stores. And four-hour or same-day delivery doesn't really address that market either.
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#16I'm pretty sure the logistics of 1 hour delivery can get pretty insane. However what I am really looking forward to is real time delivery anywhere. And how about returns? Can I return stuff in one hour too?
Why would you want to? You can get the replacement or alternative products, and every front to boot, and then mail it back within 30 days.
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#17Can't wait to see how awesome the work environment will be for these couriers! Probably much like Uber's drivers: under constant pressure to meet a quota (in this case, probably minimizing the number of missed 1 hour marks), and if you're injured/hit/cause an accident, it's on you and the employer will be nowhere to be found.
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#18Are they outsourcing the couriers in this case? The promo video looks like as if these guys are sourced straight from a Chrome Industries / Rapha commercial.
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#19Unfortunately only in the 10001 zip code.
They will be rolling out to additional zip codes as quickly as they can
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#20Can't wait to see how awesome the work environment will be for these couriers! Probably much like Uber's drivers: under constant pressure to meet a quota (in this case, probably minimizing the number of missed 1 hour marks), and if you're injured/hit/cause an accident, it's on you and the employer will be nowhere to be found.
And like uber drivers, one day you will wake up and find your job replaced by a robot.