Amazon is making last-minute shopping even more convenient with its new Instant Pickup service.
Available for free for Prime and Prime Student subscribers, the service lets you order “need-it-now” items that are available to collect in two minutes or less, including food, cold drinks, and of course, Amazon gadgets like Echo and Fire TV.
“Instant Pickup is another way Amazon is making life more convenient for Prime members,” said Ripley MacDonald, Director of Student Programs at Amazon.
“As shopping behaviors continue to evolve, customers consistently tell us that they want items even faster. Whether it’s a snack on-the-go, replacing a lost phone charger in the middle of a hectic day or adding Alexa to your life with an Echo, Instant Pickup saves Prime members time.”
Instant Pickup is available through the Amazon app on your smartphone, and offers hundreds of items that shoppers might need in an instant. In addition to food, cold drinks, and technology essentials, you can also shop for toiletries and other personal care items.
Once you’ve selected what you want, you pay for it within the Amazon app, and then it’s available to pickup from a self-service locker in two minutes or less. Starting today, there are five Instant Pickup locations across the U.S. in:
- Los Angeles, California
- Berkeley, California
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Columbus, Ohio
- College Park, Maryland
Amazon promises more Instant Pickup locations will be added “in the coming months.”
