Amazon is beginning to check ultra-fast deliveries that intention to drop family items at your step in half-hour or much less. The Amazon Now service is launching now in components of Seattle and Philadelphia, in accordance with Amazon’s announcement, permitting eligible prospects to buy gadgets like recent milk, eggs, produce, cosmetics, electronics, family necessities, over-the-counter medicines, and extra.
In these areas, Amazon Now has turn into a part of the principle Amazon procuring app, and permits customers to trace orders and tip supply drivers. Customers can verify the “30-Minute Supply” possibility within the app navigation bar to see in the event that they’re eligible for the service. Supply charges begin at $3.99 per order for Prime subscribers and $13.99 for non-Prime members, with a $1.99 basket price utilized to orders beneath $15.
The service will function out of small specialised success amenities close to eligible supply zones, and is designed to assist Amazon higher compete with firms like DoorDash and Instacart.
That is Amazon’s newest try to interrupt into the ultra-fast supply market, having beforehand invested $60 million within the one-hour Kozmo supply service in 2000. A stand-alone “Prime Now” service for two-hour deliveries was additionally launched in 2014, and later shut down in 2021. Most lately, Amazon shut down its devoted “Amazon Right now” same-day supply service in October 2024, although same-day deliveries are nonetheless out there to Prime subscribers by way of the Amazon procuring app.
