Amazon Is Eliminating Waitlists and Quantity Limits, Restoring Some Services
Increased demand for staples plus the need to limit nonessential purchases prompted Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to introduce grocery waitlists in April and put inventory and shipment limits on nonessential items. Now, the online retail hub is relaxing or eliminating these restrictions, potentially indicating that demand is returning to normal and the planned May return of warehouse workers might be streamlining processing.
Starting this week, the majority of new grocery customers on the Amazon website will no longer be placed on a waitlist to await an invitation before they can start purchasing from the site. The waitlist remains in place for a few locations, according to company statements, but is now gone from most. "We've removed the invite list in most cities, and more than 80% of eligible Prime members are able to shop without requesting an invitation," an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement yesterday, according to CNET.
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