How can I merge multiple Amazon account shopping carts?

Question

Is there a way to merge shopping carts from two different Amazon accounts into one single order? I've been a Prime member for like ten years so I usually know my way around the settings and the whole Household sharing thing but I've hit a wall here. I accidentally spent all morning adding stuff to my personal cart while I was logged in at home then realized I needed to use my business account for the tax exemption and the specific budget we have for the Chicago office. We have about 500 bucks to spend on office supplies before the Friday deadline and I really dont want to have to manually find all 23 items again and re-add them one by one. I tried moving things to a public wishlist to see if I could just add all from the other account but it only lets me add them individually which is basically the same amount of work and super tedious. Is there some kind of hidden export feature or a browser extension that handles this? I even tried opening two different browsers like Chrome and Firefox to see if I could drag and drop or something crazy but obviously the carts are tied to the login session. Seems like such a basic thing they should have figured out by now especially for people who manage multiple profiles...

StaticVortex · Accepted Answer

Man, I totally feel your pain on this! I've been in that exact spot when I accidentally filled my personal cart with a ton of gear meant for my studio. It's super frustrating that Amazon doesn't just have a transfer cart button yet. Honestly, it's like they want us to suffer lol. But there are ways to make it way less of a headache!

Definitely check out Amazon cart sharer because it's an absolute lifesaver for this. It basically lets you skip that whole manual searching nightmare!

Be careful with public wishlists. I've noticed sometimes the Add all to cart button ignores items with specific variations, so you might end up missing stuff if you aren't watching.

Also, watch out for price changes if you wait too long between sessions.

Double check your tax exemption status on the business side before you hit buy, sometimes the session times out and resets the cart. Good luck with the office supplies! You'll get it done way faster than you think!

KernelKnight · Answer

I handled this during a huge office relocation! Amazing time saver. Using the Shared List function is the way to go. You gotta use the desktop site though because the mobile app wont show the bulk button:

Move cart items into a New List

Set privacy to Shared and copy the link

Open that link in your business account

Click the Add All to Cart button Worked perfectly for the setup I got!

LinkLegend · Answer

To add to the point above: it is honestly pretty disappointing how Amazon still hasnt streamlined this for business users. Before I suggest a workaround, are both of these accounts linked under the same Amazon Household, or are they completely separate logins with no formal connection? Knowing that matters because Amazons backend security is super strict about session cookies. Basically, your cart items are stored on their server and tied specifically to your unique user ID and session token. This is why you cant just drag and drop between browsers; the server sees two totally different entities and wont allow data to jump between them for privacy reasons. I had issues with this when managing supplies for my local club and it was a mess. Wishlists are usually the safest route but they are just not as good as expected since the Add All feature breaks constantly. Actually, Cart To Link works great for this—no more copy-pasting individual product links.