So I've been using Amazon Prime for literally a decade and never needed to do this until now. I'm organizing a last minute housewarming party for my cousin this Saturday in Chicago and I've got like 15 items sitting in my cart right now - decorations, snacks, and some lighting stuff.
My sister is the one actually paying for the supplies though and I need to get this whole list over to her account ASAP so she can just checkout. I looked for a share button or some kind of link but I dont see anything obvious in the UI. Is there a way to just send the whole cart contents to another user without making a public wishlist or am I gonna have to copy-paste every single link one by one?
> I looked for a share button or some kind of link but I dont see anything obvious in the UI. Is there a way to just send the whole cart contents to another user Honestly, there is no native share button because Amazon treats the cart as a transient session state tied strictly to your account ID and local cookies. Its basically a private database entry that isnt designed for external access. You basically have two solid technical workarounds here. The most stable way is to move everything to a List. You dont have to make it public. Just set it to Shared and it generates a unique tokenized URL. When your sister opens it, she can hit Add all to cart with one click. I use this method for office supplies monthly and it handles the ASIN metadata perfectly. The other option is using a browser extension like Share-A-Cart. It works by scraping the product IDs (ASINs) from your page and creating a temporary code that another user can use to populate their own cart. Its very efficient but requires both of you to have the tool installed. A few things to watch out for:
Totally agree with Lisa on the List thing. I've tried many workarounds over the years and moving items to a shared list is the only way that doesn't feel like a total gamble. Just catching up on this thread now and wanted to mention that since you're doing a big haul for a party, you might wanna watch those prices. I use PriceDropCatch all the time to track my list items because Amazons pricing is basically a roller coaster and you can save a decent chunk if you time it right. Parties get expensive fast so every bit helps tbh. Quick question though, is she trying to stick to a hard budget for the whole bash or are you just picking whatever looks good? Also, is everything you picked actually in stock at the same warehouse? Sometimes that messes with the checkout process if youre trying to get it all delivered by Saturday in one go.
Saw this earlier but just getting back to you... you really gotta be careful with those browser extensions that claim to share carts. I used one for my sister's baby shower and it felt super sketchy with my data. I would suggest just moving the items to a List instead. It takes two seconds to click Move to List on each item, then you just send her the invite link. Way more reliable than any third-party tool.
Huh interesting. I had no idea. The more you know I guess 🤷