Amazon Launches 1-hour Delivery - What It Costs And Where It's Available

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• Amazon now has 1-hour and 3-hour transportation options for immoderate items.
• 1-hour transportation is $9.99 for Prime members.
• Eligible items see family essentials and individual care.

Amazon is offering a caller super-fast transportation action -- but it's not cheap.

In a station Tuesday, Amazon revealed that customers successful much than 2,000 cities now person entree to 1-hour and 3-hour transportation for family essentials for illustration insubstantial products, individual attraction items, and over-the-counter medications.

Prime members will salary $9.99 for 1-hour transportation and $4.99 for 3-hour delivery, while non-Prime customers will salary $19.99 for 1-hour transportation and $14.99 for 3-hour delivery. The work is disposable 7 days a week, and Amazon said items will travel from existing same-day fulfillment facilities.

You tin cheque whether 1-hour shipping is disposable successful your area here.

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More than 90,000 items are eligible for nan caller transportation option, Amazon explained. You'll spot a statement connected items designating they're eligible, aliases you tin usage nan "in 1 hour" aliases "in 3 hours" hunt filters aliases nan dedicated storefront.

Amazon already has same-day shipping connected galore items, but you person to deed a definite threshold. It besides offers same-day market delivery for free (as agelong arsenic your bid is complete $25) successful much than 2,000 cities. The caller action doesn't person a minimum spending limit, but tacks connected a reasonably important fee.

The biggest mobility is whether this work is worthy it. If you're shopping for a mini family item, there's a bully chance nan transportation interest will costs almost arsenic overmuch arsenic what you're buying (or moreover more). 

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For an emergency item, a very last-minute gift, aliases immoderate medicine erstwhile you can't get retired of bed, possibly it's worthy nan other cost. But for astir items, nan interest mightiness beryllium excessively high.

In fact, Amazon is charging truthful overmuch that you mightiness beryllium amended disconnected looking to different work if you request thing quickly. DoorDash has nary transportation complaint if you're a DashPass subscriber (it costs $10 a period aliases $96 a year, but immoderate in installments cards connection it for free), and Walmart+ offers free same-day transportation connected astir market items (that subscription is $13 a period aliases $98 a year). One difference, though, is that pinch Amazon, you apt won't beryllium asked to tip, while you will connected different services.