I am honestly so tired of how we handle office supplies right now. I am the designated buyer for our small design firm in Austin but I dont actually have the company credit card... that stays with our operations manager who is super busy. Every time we need ink or snacks or new chairs I have to find the stuff and then send over these long messy emails with a million links. It takes forever and she usually ends up buying the wrong version of something anyway.
Ive been looking into tools to make this easier and I am basically torn between two options:
I also saw that Amazon has a Manage Your Team thing for business accounts but it looks way too complicated for just three of us and I dont want to spend hours setting up a whole portal. Share-A-Cart seems simple but I am a little paranoid about browser extensions having access to my account info since it is a work computer. On the other hand Cart-Share seems okay but I have heard it can be buggy with specific quantities. We have a really tight turnaround this week for a big project so I need something that just works. Our budget for any kind of extra software subscription is basically zero so free is definitely the goal. Has anyone used these specifically for sending a cart to a procurement person who isnt very tech savvy? I am leaning toward the extension but I dont want to mess up her workflow or send a link that doesnt open...
honestly i stick with Share-A-Cart because it is way more reliable for work. extensions can be sketchy but this one is decent.
@Reply 1 - good point! though I would suggest being really careful with extensions. I used one for a while but it glitched after an Amazon update and duplicated half our order. It was such a mess to fix... sending a public Wishlist link is usually better honestly. Its native to the site so it wont break if they change the code. Better to be safe when its the bosses card!