How to quickly reorder items on Amazon
It used to be that Amazon only sold books, and when it comes to selling books, there’s not much of a market for people buying the same book twice. Today, on the other hand, Amazon is the king of online shopping, and there’s not much that they don’t sell. Due to the economies of scale, Amazon can offer some things for a lower cost than its brick-and-mortar competitors. Things like paper towels, laundry detergent, and Hershey’s Kisses. And when you need to re-up on the necessities of life, Amazon has a few ways to make it easier to repurchase something you bought before.
Reorder using Buy Again
The most straightforward way to quickly reorder something from Amazon’s website is with its Buy Again feature. It’s a curated collection of past purchases from your order history with product images, links to the product pages, and a button to add the item to your cart.
How to reorder on a mobile device
If you’re on mobile, getting to the Buy Again page takes a few more steps:
One area where the mobile app is superior to the web page is managing what items are shown to you on the Buy Again page. Tap the three-dot menu to open a dialog box at the bottom of the screen. It will give you the option to remove the item from your Buy Again page.
How to reorder on the web
To achieve the same thing on the web, there are additional steps involved:
Reorder using Your Essentials
What if you don’t want Amazon to populate the list of items it thinks you want to buy again? You could go through your recommendations and remove items that you don’t want to show up. But, if you want to curate your own list of items that you buy regularly, look intoYour Essentials.
Your Essentials is the grandchild of the Dash Buttons that used to be available from Amazon. These were small fobs you could use to reorder an item with the push of a button. Those were phased out in favor of Virtual Dash Buttons which have been replaced with Your Essentials.
Putting an item in Your Essentials is simple whether you’re on mobile or a browser:
If you purchased the item before, there’s an additional link at the top of the product page. Your Essentials is only available for Prime members. For an item to be eligible, it must be a product that ships with Amazon Prime.
Where things get tricky is finding the items you’ve added to Your Essentials since there’s no direct link to the page on either the web page or the mobile app.
Access Your Essentials via the web page
Access Your Essentials on mobile
There are two ways to access Your Essentials on mobile.
Another way to access Your Essentials, is to simply do the following:
Remove an item from Your Essentials in the browser or in the app
Reorder using Subscribe & Save
In many ways, Amazon makes life easier. You don’t have to leave your house to resupply your basic necessities. You can do it from the convenience of your home with the press of a button. But what if you don’t want to press any buttons? What if you want the stuff to show up when you think you’ll need it? That’s what Amazon’s Subscribe & Save service is for.
Subscribe & Save lets you set up a recurring order on select goods. You can choose a delivery interval of anywhere from two weeks to six months and pick the day of the week you want your orders to arrive. You can pore over thefine printhere, but if you want to jump right in, the process is similar to making a regular Amazon order.
How to reorder using Subscribe & Save on the web
From here, it’s just like purchasing a regular item. If you want to change anything about your subscription, hop over to theManage Your Subscriptionspage, where you’re able to change your delivery schedule or cancel it.
How to reorder using Subscribe & Save using the mobile app
There’s no simple way to get to the Subscribe & Save page on the mobile app; you’ll have to make a few taps first.
This takes you to the Subscribe & Save base page, where you can select a category of items to peruse. On both the website and the mobile app, eligible products have the option to choose eitherOne-time purchaseorSubscribe & Save. Both website and mobile also let you filter your searches to show only Subscribe & Save eligible items.
The easiest way to shop (for now)
Maybe in the future, you’ll be able to do your Amazon shopping with just a thought using your Neuralink chip. Until then, these are the fastest ways to reorder your Amazon products. If you buy everything on Amazon, you cantake advantage of Alexa-only dealsif you’re using anAmazon Echo smart speaker.
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