Forget Something? Amazon Now Lets You Add Last-minute Items To Your Order - See How It Works

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Add to Delivery lets you see an point connected an existing order
• Items tin beryllium added hours aft nan first order
• There's nary other complaint to usage nan service

Did you hide to bid that last-minute point you needed? Amazon has your back.

In an announcement this week, Amazon introduced a caller characteristic called Add to Delivery. Instead of placing a full caller bid erstwhile you want to bid thing else, nan institution explains, you tin now usage nan single-tap Add to Delivery fastener to person that point included pinch nan past bid you made.

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It depends connected really acold on your point is successful processing, but this tin beryllium done hours aft you've placed nan first order.

Amazon says it's making this summation to accommodate to really galore group shop -- 1 point astatine a time. I cognize that for myself, particularly during nan holidays (like next week's Prime Days), it's not uncommon to spot respective Amazon orders connected nan aforesaid day. Those orders would sometimes look successful nan aforesaid package, but Amazon's caller characteristic makes judge that will happen. The caller point will beryllium charged to nan aforesaid paper arsenic nan erstwhile bid and shipped to nan aforesaid address. 

Walmart and Target connection akin services for same-day aliases next-day delivery, but Amazon's action is simpler.

The characteristic is disposable for "eligible items." There's nary mentation for what that means, but it seems to beryllium expansive, arsenic Amazon lists everything "from pantry staples to pet toys, electronics, clothing, books, insubstantial towels, feline treats, that book you meant to grab, a day card, aliases your favourite snacks." 

For now, Add to Delivery is only disposable connected nan Amazon app aliases Amazon.com connected a mobile browser. You'll cognize an point is eligible erstwhile you spot a fastener beneath nan point details. If you alteration your mind aliases accidentally press, there's an undo button. 

Company CEO Doug Harrington said Prime members person utilized nan characteristic 50 cardinal times truthful acold (it softly launched successful August for selected subscribers).