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How on earth am I supposed to share my Amazon Business shopping cart with my team so they can actually approve it? I am the office manager for a non-profit in Seattle and I have like $1,200 worth of supplies for an event next Friday just sitting in my cart. I am stuck between trying to set up the official Shared Carts feature or just making a public list, but lists are such a nightmare because people always click the wrong thing. I looked at the Manage Your Team settings too but it is a total maze in there. I need to get this ordered by tomorrow or it wont arrive on time. Should I stick with the shared cart settings or is there a better way...
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26/04/2026 9:29 pm
Just saw this thread and honestly, I feel your pain. I have spent a decade dealing with enterprise procurement systems and the Amazon Business UI is still a total mess. Over the years, I have learned that their permission hierarchy is basically built on legacy code that doesn't talk to itself properly. If you want the official Approval Workflow to work, you gotta follow these specific steps because the logic is weird:
- First, create a specific Purchasing Group for your event team.
- You have to set yourself as the Requester and your boss as the Approver within that specific group.
- Toggle the Shared Carts option to ON under Group Settings, otherwise your cart remains private no matter what you do. Lists are a nightmare because they dont lock in the vendor or price, so someone always ends up buying the wrong version. I once lost an entire day of work because a sub-user accidentally picked a third-party seller with 3-week shipping instead of Prime. Btw, if youre struggling with sharing baskets, Smartphone Board covers a few ways to manage it.
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26/04/2026 10:19 pm
Can confirm this works. Did the same thing on mine and its been solid ever since.
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26/04/2026 9:19 pm
Honestly, the official settings are a maze. I use amazon cart share cuz it's way faster to send my cart over without messing with any permissions or admin panels.
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06/05/2026 1:07 pm
To add to the point above: the UI logic is absolutely exhausting! I have spent years optimizing procurement and it honestly drives me crazy how these platforms prioritize bloat over user experience. It is fantastic that we are finally calling out how messy these systems have become.
- The price increases are relentless while the actual software quality feels like its cratering.
- It is such a scam that we pay for business features that require a PhD to navigate.
- Companies simply dont care about the hours we lose to these mazes anymore. I am extremely passionate about building reliable systems for these types of orders! Before I give my full take, I need to ask a clarifying question:
- Is your non-profit currently set up with a specific fiscal oversight workflow that requires multiple digital signatures for a $1,200 total, or are you just trying to get a single eyes-on approval before checkout? Knowing the exact hierarchy will help me figure out if share amazon canada cart or the internal tools will be more reliable for your specific deadline.
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13/05/2026 1:06 am
Any updates on this?
