National University of Singapore Business School Associate Professor Thompson Teo noted that Amazon has been planning entry into South-east Asia for “some time”, so issues such as payment systems and supplier partnerships would have been “mostly resolved”.Īmazon Prime is a service available to Amazon customers who pay an annual membership fee. Books, as well as the Kindle e-reader, were unavailable for order via the app.Īfter months of speculations, Amazon finally landed in Singapore to overwhelming demand. Other Amazon Prime services including video streaming and ordering through hands-free speaker Amazon Echo are not yet included here. The same shortcoming was reflected even when the delivery address was changed to a location in one north, which is much closer to Amazon’s warehouse at Toh Guan Road than Kembangan. The postal code entered for a home in Kembangan was not covered by the one-hour delivery and orders will only be delivered after 24 hours. When TODAY tested the app on Thursday, the shopping experience fell well short of expectations.
The Amazon Prime Now app was released on the Singapore iTunes and Google Play stores the day before, but only open for orders at 8.00am the following day. Customers also experienced delays in downloading the app, in some cases.
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