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posted by martyb on Wednesday September 02 2020, @06:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the beware-the-ides-of...September? dept.

Walmart+ takes aim at Amazon Prime, launches September 15:

Although it's arriving several months later than expected, Walmart's answer to Amazon Prime is finally scheduled to launch in two weeks, on September 15. Like Prime, Walmart+ offers unlimited free delivery, with some products available same-day in many markets.

Walmart+ looks cheaper than Amazon Prime at first blush—the annual prices for the services are $119 and $98, respectively—but the difference may be less relevant to each company's bottom line than it looks. Both services also offer a monthly plan, and there's effectively no cost difference there. When paid monthly, Prime and Plus are only four cents apart, at $12.99 and $12.95 per month, respectively.

Although Amazon is the incumbent in any online shopping competition, Walmart does have some advantages. Where Amazon needed to build massive distribution centers from the ground up, Walmart only needed to leverage small-scale deliveries from the distribution centers and stores it already has. Walmart can also offer some products that Amazon generally can't—you'll be able to shop online for local, fresh groceries with Walmart+, as well as get membership-based discounts on gasoline at many of Walmart's brick-and-mortar locations.

It is unknown whether Walmart will require online shoppers to wear masks.


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday September 02 2020, @09:04PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday September 02 2020, @09:04PM (#1045592) Journal

    With Walmart I need a $35 minimum order.

    But you aren't paying for Walmart Prime in that case, right? Amazon has the same policy [amazon.com], except it's $25 and some items (probably from third party sellers) won't qualify. Minimum order amounts for free shipping are reasonable.

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Wednesday September 02 2020, @10:18PM (1 child)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Wednesday September 02 2020, @10:18PM (#1045621)

    I don't know. To be honest, a habit I learned in the early 90s (before Amazon was a thing) was to group orders until they hit the minimum limit for free shipping. Think CDs, and Noteworthy music. I would often get 4-6 CDs from bands I'd never listened to (but got great reviews on various whatevers), put them in the car, and not know anything about the band except "track 3".

    I still have a habit of populating my shopping cart until something triggers. Like next month I need Advantage for the cat and I have 3-4 other things I'm thinking putting in my shopping cart. That's gonna be $14.99 or so. What else will I order before I pull that trigger? Your guess is as good as mine.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @12:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @12:40AM (#1045669)

      > What else will I order before I pull that trigger? Your guess is as good as mine.

      Afrin?