Prime Now, Amazon’s One-Hour Delivery Service, Launches in Seattle
August 25 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Amazon has opened two urban Prime Now hubs in
King County bringing one-hour delivery to Seattle, Bellevue,
Redmond and Kirkland
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Prime Now,
the mobile application exclusively available to members of Amazon
Prime, has arrived in the company’s hometown. Residents of Seattle,
Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland can now get one-hour delivery on
tens of thousands of items like paper towels, wine, beer, chilled
and frozen items like milk and ice cream, televisions and Kindle
devices.
“Prime Now is our fastest delivery option ever. With Prime Now,
you can skip a trip to the store and get the items you need
delivered right to your door in under an hour,” said Stephenie
Landry, director of Amazon’s Prime Now service. “Customers love the
convenience of one-hour delivery and we’re excited to bring Prime
Now to our hometown customers in Seattle and surrounding
areas.”
Prime Now launched in select Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond and
Kirkland zip codes today and is expanding rapidly to additional zip
codes. Prime members can download the Prime Now app, available
on iOS and Android devices, and be notified when the service is
available in their area. In Seattle and surrounding areas, Prime
Now delivers from 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. Two-hour
delivery is free and one-hour delivery is available for $7.99.
Tens of millions of members around the world already enjoy
Prime. In the US, membership includes unlimited Free Two-Day
Shipping on more than 20 million items, instant streaming of tens
of thousands of movies and TV episodes, over a million songs and
more than one thousand playlists through Prime Music, free
unlimited photo storage through Amazon’s Cloud Drive with Prime
Photos, early access to select Lightning Deals and access to over
800,000 books to borrow through the Kindle Owners’ Lending
Library.
Learn more about Amazon Prime Now and download the mobile app at
www.amazon.com/primenow.
About Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime is an annual membership program for $99 a year that
offers customers unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 20
million items across all categories, unlimited streaming of tens of
thousands of movies and TV episodes, over a million songs and more
than one thousand playlists with Prime Music, early access to
select Lightning Deals and access to more than 800,000 books to
borrow with the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Not a member? Start
a free trial of Amazon Prime at www.amazon.com/prime.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The
company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire
tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon.
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