Amazon’s ultrafast 30-minute deliveries are now available in more cities – The Verge
The speedy delivery service expands to Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and other cities.
The speedy delivery service expands to Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and other cities.
Following a limited test run in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia that started last December, Amazon Now is officially available to millions of Amazon shoppers across the United States. In addition to Seattle and Philadelphia, the 30-minute delivery service is now widely available in Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth, and also available with ongoing expansions in Austin, Houston, Minneapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, Denver, and Oklahoma City.
There are currently thousands of items eligible for 30-minute deliveries including fresh milk and produce, over-the-counter medicines, household essentials like laundry detergent, and even small electronics such as AirPods or HDMI cables. In cities where the service is available, shoppers will see a “30-Minute Delivery” option on the Amazon homepage and mobile app, and eligible items will show up as available with Amazon Now in search results.
Amazon Now deliveries are discounted to $3.99 per order for those with a $14.99/month or $139/year Amazon Prime membership, or $13.99 without a membership discount. But for orders under $15 there’s an additional $1.99 fee for Prime members, or $3.99 for everyone else.
The newly expanded service was created to help Amazon compete with companies like DoorDash and Instacart. Amazon has provided same-day one- or two-hour deliveries since 2014. The service was initially offered through its mobile app, then expanded to a dedicated Prime Now website before being folded into the main Amazon website in 2021. In October 2024, Amazon also shut down its Amazon Today service, which offered same-day deliveries for products from shopping malls and standalone brick-and-mortar retailers.
Correction, May 12th: An earlier version of this article misstated that Amazon Now would soon be expanding to several other cities. Amazon corrected its announcement to indicate the service is also currently available in a more limited fashion in Austin, Houston, Minneapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, Denver, and Oklahoma City.
