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This is anecdotal and not 100% related, but I had Prime for awhile for the fast shipments. When I signed up, Prime was substantially faster than the average standard ship times. When the cost of Prime went up, I cancelled because it wasn't worth it to me anymore. However, I noticed my stuff was still arriving fast. It wasn't marked as "Prime", and it wasn't guaranteed 2-day delivery, but it was much faster than I rem…
Prime really doesn't have anything to do with 2-day delivery. They wouldn't be able to afford to ship everything by air for free. The advantage of Prime is really that you can have everything shipped for free without worrying about minimums. Well that and all the other perks, like streaming video, photos, etc. They now have warehouses located within 1 day ground shipping distance of everywhere in the continental US.…
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=br_imp_ara-1?_encoding=UTF8&node... That's a horrible url. Why not use something like http://amazon.com/news/free-prime-same-day-delivery ? Is there some significant advantage to identifying the page with non-human readable identifiers in the query string that I'm not aware of? Otherwise, very cool. I just wish it was in more areas.
http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=8729023011
The rest of the stuff is probably used to track how you got to the current page.
I've noticed that Amazon has totally changed my shopping habits from 3-5 years ago. Clothes and household expendable items are almost entirely purchased on Amazon (even if I just want to try on a pair of boots). Prime Subscription or Pantry takes care of most of the rest. I don't need to drive to Costco anymore or spend time walking around Wal-Mart. I look forward to the day when my Whole Foods order can be delivered…
You can do this today with Instacart.
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I've noticed that Amazon has totally changed my shopping habits from 3-5 years ago. Clothes and household expendable items are almost entirely purchased on Amazon (even if I just want to try on a pair of boots). Prime Subscription or Pantry takes care of most of the rest. I don't need to drive to Costco anymore or spend time walking around Wal-Mart. I look forward to the day when my Whole Foods order can be delivered…
I've noticed that Amazon has totally changed my shopping habits from 3-5 years ago. Clothes and household expendable items are almost entirely purchased on Amazon (even if I just want to try on a pair of boots). Prime Subscription or Pantry takes care of most of the rest. I don't need to drive to Costco anymore or spend time walking around Wal-Mart. I look forward to the day when my Whole Foods order can be delivered…
> I look forward to the day when my Whole Foods order can be delivered fresh to my house every week. You can do this today with Instacart.
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=br_imp_ara-1?_encoding=UTF8&node... That's a horrible url. Why not use something like http://amazon.com/news/free-prime-same-day-delivery ? Is there some significant advantage to identifying the page with non-human readable identifiers in the query string that I'm not aware of? Otherwise, very cool. I just wish it was in more areas.
It's http://www.amazon.com/sameday
What kind of infrastructure does it take to be able to offer this kind of service in the chosen metropolitan areas? Do they have warehouses and delivery trucks located nearby that are ready to go at a moment's notice? In any case, this is super cool of Amazon, they are really stepping up their game.
I think this is basically the case. Here in indianapolis there is a local Amazon warehouse and I got notification that this service is now available. I think they've been working on this for a while w/ various strategies. For example: I order diapers via Subscribe-and-Save. Sometimes the diapers come in the standard amazon boxes from UPS/Fedex/USPS. Sometimes a guy in an unmarked pick-up truck filled with diaper boxe…
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=br_imp_ara-1?_encoding=UTF8&node... That's a horrible url. Why not use something like http://amazon.com/news/free-prime-same-day-delivery ? Is there some significant advantage to identifying the page with non-human readable identifiers in the query string that I'm not aware of? Otherwise, very cool. I just wish it was in more areas.
It can be significantly simplified by removing the junk: http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=8729023011 The rest of the stuff is probably used to track how you got to the current page.