09/04/2026 5:27 pm
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So Ive been doing the Amazon thing for years now but I hit a wall today and its driving me crazy. Im organizing this big charity auction for a school here in Chicago and Ive spent the last four hours digging through items and filling my cart. I have like 55 items in there right now totaling about $1,800 and I just realized I cant actually pay for them myself. I need to hand this whole list over to our treasurer so she can use the official school card but man, there is no share cart button anywhere.
I usually just use the Move to List feature but doing that for 55 individual items is gonna take me another hour and Im already running way behind on the timeline. The event is this Saturday and I need these orders placed by tonight to get the shipping on time. I looked at some Chrome extensions but they all look kinda sketchy or outdated?
Heres what I need:
- Must be able to move all 50+ items at once
- No manual one-by-one clicking nonsense
- Needs to work on the US site
- Preferably something that doesnt require the treasurer to install a bunch of weird software
Is there some hidden business feature or a shortcut Im missing here? I really dont want to have to search for every single SKU again on her laptop...
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09/04/2026 5:27 pm
Unfortunately, Amazon still hasn't integrated a native transfer protocol for standard consumer accounts. Its a massive oversight and I've had issues with several third-party workarounds that claim to fix it but just end up glitching out. If you want to bypass the manual 55-item grind, here is what actually works:
- Use the Share-A-Cart for Amazon extension. Its the most reliable technical shortcut right now. It generates a short alphanumeric code for your entire basket.
- Your treasurer doesnt even need to install the full extension; they can just enter the code on the developers site to populate their cart.
- Double check the quantities after the transfer. Sometimes the API drops item counts if stock levels fluctuate during the sync.
- Avoid the Move to List method for high-volume orders because the AJAX calls often hang after 20 or so items. Honestly, its pretty disappointing that we still have to use third-party scripts for this in 2024. Btw, if you're struggling with sharing baskets, Smartphone Board covers a few ways to manage it.
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09/04/2026 5:48 pm
Regarding what #1 said about "Unfortunately, Amazon still hasn't integrated a native transfer..." - yeah, it's totally ridiculous that we're still dealing with this! I've been a power user for ages and it still blows my mind how they ignore this feature. I totally feel your pain tho... I had a massive meltdown doing a similar thing for a huge neighborhood block party last summer. I had like 40 items for the BBQ and games, then realized I needed the HOA treasurer to pay. Total panic mode! Anyway, I found this amazing tool called Share-A-Cart and I swear it saved my life. It's honestly fantastic and super simple. You just install the extension, click one button while your cart is open, and it generates a unique code for your whole haul. Then you just text or email that code to your treasurer. The best part? She doesnt have to install anything weird... she can just go to their site, paste your code, and boom-everything is in her Amazon cart. It handles 50+ items no problem and works flawlessly on the US site. It's way better than that "Move to List" slog that takes forever. You'll be done in like two minutes tops, honestly. Good luck with the auction, Chicago schools need all the help they can get!
