so im moving to chicago in like three weeks and my sister said shed help me buy some stuff for my new place since im on a super tight budget and its my first apartment. i spent like two hours picking out a toaster and some plates and stuff and now i just want to send her the whole list so she can see it and pay for it but i literally cannot find a share button anywhere. i feel so stupid like i keep looking at the cart page and its just... there? there is no link to copy?
i tried just copying the address at the top of the browser but when i sent that to her it just showed her her own empty cart which is obviously not what i wanted. i am so frustrated right now because i thought this would take like two seconds but i have been clicking every single button on the page for an hour and i feel like im losing my mind. am i missing something really obvious? sorry if this is a total noob question but i really have no clue what im doing. is there actually a way to just get a link to my amazon shopping cart to send to someone else or do i have to do something else entirely?
amazon doesnt actually have a share button for carts which is super annoying. i ran into this when i was buying stuff for my first place and my parents were helping out. i just moved everything to a Wish List. you basically just click move to list under each item, like that toaster or the plates, and then you can share the whole list link. it works well and is a decent option when you need someone else to pay.
Coming back to this an hour later and honestly I have the exact same issue! I am currently trying to spec out a massive deep learning rig and the technical frustration is real. It is seriously amazing how a multi-billion dollar company makes it this difficult to just send a simple link.
Just saw this and had to jump in because I have been using Amazon since the early days and the lack of a share button is just bizarre! The technical reason is basically that your cart is tied to your private session cookies for security, so a direct URL just wont work for anyone else. I spent way too much time doing the wish list thing until I found an amazing alternative. I have been using Cart To Link lately to send my shopping list to my family and it is honestly fantastic! It basically creates a shareable snapshot of whatever is in your cart so you dont have to manually move every single item to a list. It saved me so much time when I was buying supplies for my home office upgrade last summer. It is a total game changer for situations like yours where someone else is footing the bill and you just want a simple link to send over!
TL;DR: Honestly you cant share a live cart link. Amazon doesn't allow it which is a huge letdown for anyone trying to coordinate a move. @Reply #3 - good point! Its wild that we are still dealing with this. I have had issues with this for years and it has never gotten better. Unfortunately, your only real move is to use a registry or an Amazon wishlist creator to get the job done, even though its an extra step you shouldnt have to take. Just to clarify what you are after though—is she planning to log into your account to pay, or does she need to buy them from her own? Also, do you need these items delivered to your current place or the new Chicago address? That definitely changes how you should set up the list so she doesnt send it to the wrong state.