Apr 2 2008
You Can Now Text Your Orders to Amazon
Amazon makes it so easy to buy things. According to a new press release, Amazon TextBuyIt program was released on Tuesday. It’s not as easy as texting. The whole process includes a few back and forth between you and Amazon:
- You text the product name, description, UPC or ISBN to Amazon (262966) to order your product.
- You then enter your email address associated with your Amazon account and your zip code.
- You get called by a fulfillment system and an automated service helps you complete the order.
So, you can be in the local Barnes and Noble store, see a book you’d like and order it from Amazon. Of course, this presumes that Amazon can overcome that instant gratification need that so many book buyers feel.
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Apr 02, 2008 @ 10:40:59
Everything old is new again! This reminds me of my earliest experience buying books online, when books.com was a telnet site. (Before the “web” existed.) You sent in your orders as single lines of text. If you wanted information on a book, you sent in a text request and the information came back to you by telnet. I remember how thrilled I was, because I wasn’t stuck with the books carried by the local bookstore – it probably seems primitive now but it was a thrill back then!
(I probably sound like one of those old geezers talking about “those newfangled telephones”. Really, it wasn’t THAT long ago!)
Apr 15, 2009 @ 11:19:10
Or, someone who already has a web-enabled phone can just visit Amazon mobile and order it with about 3 fewer steps…