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Dash! The Convenient Way to Grocery Shop Without Going to the Store

Written by Brian Lee
Ex-chief of product management at Lifehack

Have you ever come home from grocery shopping and start to put the items away only to realize that you forgot a few vital things?

It might not seem like a big deal, but sometimes those items were the whole reason that you decided to go shopping in the first place. Things like toilet paper, dish detergent, or coffee. Now you have to go back out to get them which can not only be frustrating, but time consuming as well. Now you have to interrupt your entire schedule to retrieve one single item.

With Amazon Dash, You will never need to worry about running low of your favourite items

Dash! The Convenient Way to Grocery Shop Without Going to the Store

    Amazon Dash is here to alleviate that issue. This feature makes grocery shopping a sinch! And it all can be done from the comfort of your home.

    The buttons are Wifi connected devices that you can place anywhere in your home. When you begin to run low, you just press the button, and your Amazon Prime account will be alerted to reorder the item.

    Virtual Dash buttons are also available. They can be accessed through your mobile device. And since these are free you can add as many as you like.

    Easy as the push of a button

    You can get your Amazon Dash buttons from Amazon Prime for just $4.99 a button. You instantly get $4.99 credit for that buttons item automatically, so you are already seeing a return on your investment.

    Set up the button in accordance to the app, so you will receive notifications when the order has shipped, or if they button has been hit by accident resulting in a double order.

    Place the button near the appropriate item for easy access when you realize it is running low. This way you can quickly order before the item runs out.

    What happened if someone accidentally press the button?

    If you live with little kids, they may press the buttons for fun, not realizing what they are doing. You may also accidentally press the button to reorder something, forgetting that you have already placed the order.

    You can set the buttons somewhere that are hard to reach to avoid this issue, but that may end up taking away from the convenience of the product.

    Amazon has designed some damage control for just these occasions. No matter how much one button has been pressed, the next order will not be sent until the previous one has been delivered.

    If you have set up the notification feature, you will be alerted every time a button is pressed. This makes it easy to cancel accidental orders instantly.

    There are Dashes for nearly everything you can think of!

    There are Dash buttons for just about everything! From cosmetics, toiletries, paper items, condoms, snacks, beverages, pet food, you name it, there’s a dash button for it.

    The top 5 dash buttons at the moment are:

    Prime Surprise Sweets

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      Tide

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        Bounty

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          Charmin

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            Cascade

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