--- description: Just in case you needed an excuse to a) never leave Twitter and b) buy more stuff from Amazon title: The #AmazonCart Hashtag Lets You Shop Amazon Right from Twitter image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The #AmazonCart Hashtag Lets You Shop Amazon Right from Twitter by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 5, 2014 1:23 PM CUT by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 5, 2014 1:23 PM CUT Sensing that you might be interested in buying something that someone you know just bought, Twitter and Amazon have intermingled themselves to introduce the #AmazonCart hashtag. If you see a tweet containing a product link to something on Amazon, all you’ll need to do is reply to that tweet with “#AmazonCart” and the same item will be added to your Amazon shopping cart. The idea is that you can just keep adding products all day, swing by the bank for a second mortgage on your way home and then hit the checkout button later that night once you’ve moved some money around. You’ll need to first connect your Amazon and Twitter accounts, and there are some failsafes – a tweet back from @MyAmazon and an email confirming you’ve added something to your cart – but this is another step toward a frictionless shopping experience. \[[CNET](http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-twitter-link-up-for-easy-shopping-through-amazoncart/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/87716/the-amazoncart-hashtag-lets-you-shop-amazon-right-from-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/87716/the-amazoncart-hashtag-lets-you-shop-amazon-right-from-twitter/"},"headline":"The #AmazonCart Hashtag Lets You Shop Amazon Right from Twitter","datePublished":"2014-05-05T13:23:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:09.293Z","description":"Just in case you needed an excuse to a) never leave Twitter and b) buy more stuff from Amazon","url":"https://time.com/87716/the-amazoncart-hashtag-lets-you-shop-amazon-right-from-twitter/","keywords":["Tech","Social Media","Retail","Amazon","Shopping","twitter","social"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/87716/the-amazoncart-hashtag-lets-you-shop-amazon-right-from-twitter/","name":"The #AmazonCart Hashtag Lets You Shop Amazon Right from Twitter"}}]}] ```