Amazon considers paying customers to deliver other people's boxes

Amelia Havanec • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Amazon considers paying customers to deliver other people's boxes</h1>
                <h2><p>Amazon is entertaining the idea of crowdsourcing to help deliver its packages in faster way, reports the Wall Street Journal. To complement their other delivery options, Amazon wants to hire ordinary people to drop packages off at their destinations, much as Uber hires people to be drivers. WSJ writes that</p></h2>
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            <p>Amazon is entertaining the idea of <a href="http://www.wsj.com/article_email/amazon-seeks-help-with-deliveries-1434466857-lMyQjAxMTA1MzE3NjcxNjYwWj?ref=avalancheghost.one">crowdsourcing</a> to help deliver its packages in faster way, reports the Wall Street Journal. To complement their other delivery options, Amazon wants to hire ordinary people to drop packages off at their destinations, much as Uber hires people to be drivers. WSJ writes that the service will be called "On My Way," and will store packages at brick-and-mortar locations for pick up by trustworthy shuttlers. The retail giant has experimented with a number of <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-tests-bike-messengers-for-one-hour-delivery-in-new-york-city-2014-12-08-151035830?ref=avalancheghost.one">alternative delivery methods</a> to maintain their low costs. And that's even before they start launching delivery drones into America's airspace.</p>
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Amazon is entertaining the idea of crowdsourcing to help deliver its packages in faster way, reports the Wall Street Journal. To complement their other delivery options, Amazon wants to hire ordinary people to drop packages off at their destinations, much as Uber hires people to be drivers. WSJ writes that the service will be called "On My Way," and will store packages at brick-and-mortar locations for pick up by trustworthy shuttlers. The retail giant has experimented with a number of alternative delivery methods to maintain their low costs. And that's even before they start launching delivery drones into America's airspace.

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By Amelia Havanec

Amelia Havanec is Crosscut's Science and Tech Fellow. She came to Washington from her home state of Connecticut by way of New York, Florida, California and Michigan in pursuit of the perfect pint. Sh