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Amazon Prime and Amazon "subscribe and save" are two excellent products. I love reducing trips out to crowded stores and time thinking about shopping choices. I

Amazon Prime and Amazon "subscribe and save" are two excellent products. I love reducing trips out to crowded stores and time thinking about shopping choices. I don't have to worry about customer service, returning defective products (relatively, way easier on Amazon), etc. I think Jason Calacanis' article about the "Cult of Amazon Prime" hits on a lot of what has made it so successful, and what will make it successful going forward: http://www.launch.is/blog/the-cult-of-amazon-prime.html http://www.launch.is/blog/the-cult-of-amazon-prime.html

marklabedz 15y ago
Absolutely agree. Prime has made Amazon my first choice for any one-off item because its that much easier than fighting traffic, other shoppers, and checkout lines. Subscribe and Save is slowly eliminating my need to go to Target for the same reason. Every month, I bought the same things from Target. Now, it "magically" shows up via UPS and I can easily adjust if I notice I'm running short on napkins or have plenty of tissues in the closet. These two models have created a tremendous amount of lock-in. Its a win for Amazon (I buy more) and a win for me (less time/less hassle/almost always less money).
adestefan 15y ago
Having a baby and saving ~$10 per box of diapers made me a quick convert to Subscribe and Save. Those things just magically show up on time and save me money in the long run.
jasonmcalacanis 15y ago
I've started using the bar coder in the iphone app to snap the bar codes of the things in our house we use regularly and putting them on auto order or buying them in bulk. The $22 hair gel my wife bought was three for $24 at Amazon. I don't have much hair left, so I think those three bottles i just bought will last for two years.... and I never have to search it out again in my life. We did the same thing with bulk bottles of mouth wash, which we now transfer into small desktop size containers. I laugh when the bottle arrive in the mail.... the only issue is what do i do with all these boxes?! We've been giving them to our two year old to paint and build things out of.... seems to work well. :-) ( very kind of you to include a link! )

marklabedz 15y ago

Absolutely agree. Prime has made Amazon my first choice for any one-off item because its that much easier than fighting traffic, other shoppers, and checkout lines. Subscribe and Save is slowly eliminating my need to go to Target for the same reason. Every month, I bought the same things from Target. Now, it "magically" shows up via UPS and I can easily adjust if I notice I'm running short on napkins or have plenty of tissues in the closet. These two models have created a tremendous amount of lock-in. Its a win for Amazon (I buy more) and a win for me (less time/less hassle/almost always less money).

adestefan 15y ago

Having a baby and saving ~$10 per box of diapers made me a quick convert to Subscribe and Save. Those things just magically show up on time and save me money in the long run.

jasonmcalacanis 15y ago

I've started using the bar coder in the iphone app to snap the bar codes of the things in our house we use regularly and putting them on auto order or buying them in bulk. The $22 hair gel my wife bought was three for $24 at Amazon. I don't have much hair left, so I think those three bottles i just bought will last for two years.... and I never have to search it out again in my life. We did the same thing with bulk bottles of mouth wash, which we now transfer into small desktop size containers. I laugh when the bottle arrive in the mail.... the only issue is what do i do with all these boxes?! We've been giving them to our two year old to paint and build things out of.... seems to work well. :-) ( very kind of you to include a link! )