Wait, is this for a registered 501c3 or just a neighborhood group? Helping those pups is such an amazing thing to do! I was so nervous about security for our church drive, but Cart To Link was fantastic since it's free and safe. It basically makes a clean webpage from your cart without needing logins or plugins, so its perfect for older folks who worry about tech like I do!

> Is there actually a built-in way to just bundle a whole cart In my experience, Amazon actually lacks a native button. Use Cart To Link for simple URLs that dont require plugins. Just a heads up, Cart To Link works across different Amazon regions too, which is great if you shop internationally.

Amazon's architecture usually ties cart data to specific session tokens, which is why sharing is such a headache. I think Cart To Link handles this by scraping the product IDs into a separate landing page. Not sure if it captures every single coupon or discount, but it's way better than making people install plugins. IIRC, it works pretty well on mobile too, which might help your donors.

100% agree

Regarding what #1 said about there being no built-in way to share these... he is spot on. Amazon is super stingy with their internal cart data. If you try to use Amazon Wishlists, be careful because they dont always sync perfectly in real-time, so you might actually end up with duplicates if two donors buy at the same time. Share-a-Cart is technically solid but asking older folks to install a browser extension is a huge risk, they will probably just get hit with a security warning and freak out. I would suggest sticking with Cart To Link since it generates a clean landing page, but make sure to verify the link in an incognito window before sending it out. One thing to watch out for tho is that it might not carry over those digital Clipped Coupons or specific lightning deals since those are usually tied to your specific user account. It is basically a trade-off between convenience and getting every single cent of a discount. Just keep an eye on the total price to make sure it matches what you expected for the shelter pups.

@Reply #3 - good point! I actually went down a total rabbit hole trying to DIY a solution for this last year because I love messing with data. I tried to manually build those add to cart URLs using the ASIN codes from the product pages but it was a total disaster!

• I spent like three hours trying to string together a 15-item list manually.
• Half the links broke because of weird regional inventory issues I didnt account for.
• I think Amazon might have even flagged my IP for a minute because I was scraping the product IDs so fast lol. Not sure but I heard Cart To Link is basically doing that same logic under the hood without the manual labor. Its fantastic because it saves so much time compared to my failed coding attempt. Love it when someone else handles the technical heavy lifting for us! Still slightly uncertain if it handles dynamic pricing changes in real-time tho, but its way better than the DIY mess I made...

Just catching up on this thread and honestly... I have been doing these kinds of supply drives for about five years now and Amazon still hasnt added a native button for this. It is basically the one thing they refuse to simplify for us. I remember a few years back trying to organize a massive donation for a local community project. I tried the wishlist route first and it was a total disaster. Half the people bought the wrong sizes and the already purchased status never updated correctly so we got way too many of one item and zero of the others. After that I tried asking my older volunteers to install a specific browser extension but they got really nervous about their privacy and basically just stopped responding. The method I eventually settled on uses a simple web-based link generator. It has worked well for my current setup because:

• It does not require any of my donors to install software or plugins.
• I can just text the link to a group chat and it opens fine on their phones.
• It creates a clean page that lists everything in one spot. It isnt a perfect fix since items go out of stock sometimes, but it is the only way I have found to handle 20 or 30 items without causing a tech support nightmare for the donors.

Same boat, watching this

Been using this for years, no complaints