Ive been handling the group buys for my friend circle for years but Im hitting a wall with our upcoming beach trip gear list. My budget is about 600 dollars for all the supplies and I need to get the cart finalized by Tuesday so everything ships on time.
I used to just screenshot everything but it takes forever with 15+ items and the links get messy in the group chat. I tried Share-A-Cart last week but it kept glitching out whenever I cleared my cache or tried to update quantities in the session. It just wouldnt sync the metadata properly for the other guys to see. Is there a better extension that handles Amazon carts more reliably without crashing the session?
Honestly, syncing issues with those extensions are the worst when you're on a deadline. I've been using this share amazon cart extension for my last few group orders and its been solid.
Building on the earlier suggestion, I definitely think stability is the most important thing when you are managing a 600 dollar budget like that. In my experience over the years, I've tried many of these tools and most of them just fail when the cart gets too big or the session times out. Honestly, its a total nightmare when you're trying to finalize things by a deadline and the data just vanishes. Just get any tool from a reputable developer in the productivity space and you should be fine. I've found this Amazon cart share tool to be way more reliable than most of the others I've messed with recently. One practical tip tho... always double check the total in the final checkout screen because sometimes these extensions dont pull in the exact shipping or taxes correctly, and that can blow your budget if you arent careful. Stick to the well known ones and you'll save yourself a massive headache.