Amazon Prime Two-Day Shipping Drops Down To One Day
Amazon (AMZN) is getting ready to include one-day shipping for its Prime customers, instead of the interminable two-day shipping it currently offers. (How did we put up with this two-day stuff for so long?)
I am a Prime customer. I love Amazon. I am not a hater.
That said, remember the alien life form from the movie Alien? It could live in extremely hostile environments, had acid for blood, was virtually indestructible, and would kill everything in its path. As far as I can tell, Amazon is a close genetic match.
One-day shipping for Prime customers. (Expletive deleted)!
As always, your thoughts and comments are both welcome and strongly encouraged.
Amazon Prime two-day shipping drops down to one day
By Ben Fox RubinApril 26, 2019 4:39 AM PDTTwo-day unlimited shipping is likely Amazon's most popular perk for its Prime members, and it's about to get even better.
Amazon finance chief Brian Olsavsky said on an earnings call Thursday that the company is working to change the two-day shipping program to just one-day shipping.
He said Amazon is already spending heavily to update its infrastructure to make the change, including $800 million in investments in the current quarter, starting in North America. The program is expected to speed shipping times for Amazon Prime members worldwide, Olsavsky said.
Changes have already started, with Amazon in the last month dropping a $35 minimum for one-day deliveries and expanding one-day selection and eligible ZIP codes, according to an Amazon spokeswoman.
"We're currently working on evolving our Prime shipping program, which has historically been a two-day program, to a one-day shipping program," Olsavsky said Thursday following the release of Amazon's quarterly earnings.
"We'll be building most of this capacity through the year, in 2019," he added. "We expect to make steady progress quickly and through the year."
The one-day shipping change comes as the world's biggest e-commerce company has been facing considerably more competition from rival retailers, including Walmart and Target, which are finally starting to catch up to Amazon's efforts to offer quick shipping for online purchases. It also comes about a year after Amazon boosted its Prime membership cost to $119 a year, an increase of $20. Offering faster shipping could encourage customers to stick with Prime.
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