# Amazon Launches SMS Buying Service - Host: [techcrunch.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/techcrunch.com/) - Saved: April 2, 2008 (2008-04-02T11:21:03Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/322f15f4fe11/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/322f15f4fe11.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) Amazon has launched Amazon TextBuyIt, a service that allows Amazon customers to purchase items via mobile phone text message. To use the service, customers text the name of a product, its description, or its UPC or ISBN number to Amazon (262966). If Amazon stocks the item, the user will get the first two results sent to them. To purchase am item, users reply with 1 or 2 and are prompted for their email address and zip code. The service then calls the user and completes the checkout process using an automated voice system. Like regular Amazon orders, users can later track the item from Amazon.com. The service is free to use, however items that are available as Deal of the Day or have a Gold Box Discount will not be discounted when purchased through Amazon TextBuyIt. The obvious application for the service is price comparisons from within a physical store; customers in Borders for example could SMS a book title to see whether Amazon stocks it for less. Expect to see people texting Amazon from a store near you in the coming months. CrunchBase Information Amazon Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because its time for you to find a new Job2.0 ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Quotably: The Perfect Tool To Make Sense Of Twitter](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7ecbd1f1bb7c/) (techcrunch.com, March 24, 2008) - [Is OpenID Being Exploited By The Big Internet Companies?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9da7123912dc/) (techcrunch.com, March 24, 2008) - [Need A Job? Make $1.20hour Tagging Photos](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b9cc0bac0eaf/) (techcrunch.com, April 2, 2008) - [Playboy.com Goes Mobile with iPhone-compatible Version](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/eaf25fb19dce/) (techcrunch.com, April 3, 2008) - [Where Are All The Google Data Centers?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b096c822347a/) (techcrunch.com, April 11, 2008) ## Saved the same week - [Its Lightroom 2.0 Baby (Beta that is)](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ad9fd187a3ff/) (lightroomkillertips.com, April 2, 2008) - [Lightroom 2 beta Available](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fab1a2df20f4/) (blogs.adobe.com, April 2, 2008) - [Need A Job? Make $1.20hour Tagging Photos](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b9cc0bac0eaf/) (techcrunch.com, April 2, 2008) - [Introducing the Stock Screener](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5702355f1168/) (googlefinanceblog.blogspot.com, April 2, 2008) - [Ha Ha, Your Medium Is Dying: Mocking Financial Magazine Videos](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9b678d129cc8/) (gawker.com, April 2, 2008) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://techcrunch.com/2008/04/02/amazon-launches-sms-buying-service/