I gotta move like 40 items for my sisters dorm move-in next week to her new Prime Student account to save on shipping. Im torn between just sharing a public wishlist or trying one of those cart transfer extensions but I heard they leak data. Is there a faster way than manual copy-pasting everything?
@Reply #1 - good point! Tho over the years I've found wishlists glitchy with quantities. Just use a Wedding Registry instead... it handles bulk transfers way better and more securely than extensions.
Are you moving mostly heavy furniture or just small stuff? Amazon makes transferring lists a total pain on purpose just to make us spend more... it drives me crazy.
Seconded!
TL;DR: Scripting it yourself usually triggers bot detection so shared lists or links are the way to go. Quick question tho - are you doing this on a desktop browser or just using the app? The DOM structure and session tokens behave differently depending on the platform which changes the approach. I tried to get clever with this a few months back when I was migrating about 50 items for my home lab setup. I figured I could just write a quick script to scrape the ASINs and inject them into a new session. It was a total disaster tbh. Amazon's security flagged the activity immediately and I spent more time solving captchas than actually moving items. I realized that unless you have access to their private API, which is a nightmare to get, manual-ish methods are actually faster because you dont have to fight the anti-bot measures. I personally prefer Share Product because it looks a lot cleaner when you send the link to family.
> Is there a faster way than manual copy-pasting everything? The shared wishlist method is fantastic! Its so fast for moving 40 items and way safer than extensions. I love it. dont hesitate to ask for help!
To add to the point about the registry: it really is the most reliable way to handle bulk stuff without things getting glitchy. I did this last summer for a similar dorm situation and I was honestly satisfied with how smooth it was. No complaints at all.