How can I share my Amazon UK shopping cart with a friend?

Question

I am so hyped right now because me and my best mate are finally going to this massive music festival in June and we need to get a huge haul of supplies from Amazon UK. I am talking tent pegs, portable chargers, a ridiculous amount of beef jerky, and those little rain ponchos that look like bin bags haha. We have a budget of about 200 quid between us and we want to split the cost perfectly but it is becoming a total nightmare trying to coordinate what is actually in the basket right now.

I did a bit of googling and saw some people talking about Amazon Household but that seems way too formal? Like I dont want to link our actual bank accounts or prime memberships just to buy some snacks and a headtorch. I also saw this thing called Share-A-Cart which is a browser extension but I am always a bit wary of installing random stuff that reads my browser data and I am not even sure if it works on the UK site properly or if it is just for the US store. I read that wishlists are the way to go but some people say they are buggy when you try to move items to a cart and you lose the quantities you set.

Here is what I am looking for:

Needs to work on Amazon.co.uk specifically

Has to be simple enough for my friend who is a total technophobe

I want them to be able to see the exact items and quantities I picked out

We need to be able to edit it together before we hit checkout

Ideally no weird monthly fees just to share a list

I tried making a public wishlist but it is so clunky. When he adds stuff from my wishlist to his basket it sometimes disappears or doesn’t show the right size of the sleeping bags I picked. Is there a way to just like... send a direct link to a live cart? Or like a collaborative basket feature I am missing? We really need to get this ordered by next week so we have time to test the stove and everything. How do you guys usually handle this without just sending 500 screenshots over WhatsApp...

Rowan Henry Thompson · Accepted Answer

Honestly, Amazon still hasnt made a native way to just send a link to a live basket, which is annoying as hell when you are trying to prep for a festival. I have been through this exact mess before trying to coordinate a camp setup and it always ends in a mess of WhatsApp messages. Wishlists are okay for ideas, but they usually fail when it comes to specific quantities or sizes, and moving stuff to the cart is a nightmare. I usually suggest a few ways to handle it depending on how much you trust technology:

Using the share amazon cart extension is probably the least painful route. I have used it on the UK site and it works fine. You basically get a code, send it over, and your friend can load your exact basket of jerky and chargers.

A shared Google Sheet is the old school way. Just paste links and quantities so you both know the total before hitting buy.

Avoid Amazon Household for friends. Its way too much legal and financial tie-in for some bin-bag ponchos. Since you guys have a 200 quid limit, using a tool helps you see the total including any delivery fees before you commit. Look out for buy 2 and save promos on things like those portable chargers, it can save you a tenner if you both get the same model. Good luck at the festival, hope the weather actually stays decent for once... you are definitely gonna need those ponchos tho.

LSSD_DDS_1 · Answer

Jumping in here because I had the same issues last summer. Unfortunately, Amazon UK is lagging behind on this. I tried the wishlist route and it was a total mess.

Wishlists lose specific sizes or quantities when moving to the basket

Shared accounts are a security nightmare

Manual lists lead to double-ordering It is just not as good as expected. For anyone wondering how to share an Amazon cart, I've had really good luck with Cart To Link lately.

wilsonnguyen750 · Answer

Love those battery mAh specs! Last year I used a shared spreadsheet to track pricing so we didnt overspend. Fantastic! I found Cart To Link a few months ago and it’s been a lifesaver.