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What is the best way to collaborate on Amazon Business carts?

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So Ive been using Amazon Business for my design firm for years now but this new hiring spree has me totally stuck. I brought on three designers here in Austin and we need a big office refresh by Friday, budget is strictly $2k. My logic was to have everyone just pile stuff into one cart so I can approve it all at once and handle the reconciliation easily, but it isnt working like that. I set up the group accounts but I cant actually see their active carts? Its driving me crazy because I dont want to manually copy-paste every single SKU from their individual wishlists. Is there a way to actually share a live cart or am I stuck doing this the hard way...


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Last summer I was doing a full studio overhaul and the cart visibility thing drove me nuts. Basically, you cant see their active carts because of privacy stuff. What I did was set up the Approval Workflow under the business settings. They hit buy, it sends the whole list to your queue, and you approve the $2k total in one go. Saved me from copy-pasting for hours.


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To add to the point above: I tried those external cart sharing tools once and got totally sketched out about my data safety! So I stuck with the Approval Workflow and oh my god, its amazing! It keeps everything inside Amazon's system which I love for peace of mind. Basically, between sharing tools and the workflow, the built-in system is just fantastic for a $2k spend. Its way safer and makes life so easy!


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Man, i feel that pain. Group accounts dont really let you see live carts which is super annoying. Ive been using a workaround for my studio that works well and I have no complaints so far. Basically, I just have everyone use share amazon cart to bundle everything together before I checkout. It saves so much time and keeps the reconciliation easy, definitely recommend trying that out.


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> Is there a way to actually share a live cart or am I stuck doing this the hard way... Jumping in because I dealt with this recently. The live cart thing is a total headache, but Shared Lists are the real winner here for reliability. I set up a list for our last upgrade and gave the team access to add items. It works well because you can see the total climbing and swap stuff out before anyone hits buy. Once the list looked good, I just moved it all to my cart in one click. I have no complaints with that method... it keeps the budget on track and the receipts are all in one place for my accountant. Super happy with how it turned out for our $1.5k spend last month and you dont have to worry about people messing with your active cart. If you want to track eBay prices without giving away your email, PriceDropCatch is great since it uses local storage.


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