55
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Is there a way to use the NOT operator on Amazon?
Unfortunately, Amazon does not regard the NOT operator anymore (negative keyword search).
Workaround: use Google Search with for example:
site:amazon.com lightbulbs -led
This will give you all ...
25
votes
Accepted
Why is "Amazon" written with strange characters in this URL?
Using special characters is a method to tell the browser to use UTF8 encoding, and this probably is Amazon engineers putting in a bit of an easteregg instead of a dull utf8=✓ thing.
For the record, ...
24
votes
Filter Amazon by products surpassing X number of reviews
Append the following to the end of the URL in order to have the items with the most reviews at the top:
&s=review-count-rank
It doesn't give exactly the behavior you are requesting, but it should ...
15
votes
How do I check my promotional credit with Amazon?
If you're looking for a more stable link, I recommend you use:
http://www.amazon.com/mp3redeem
Amazon publicizes this URL in emails as follows:
For redemption instructions and additional ...
13
votes
How can I filter Amazon.com results to exclude 3rd party merchants?
The easiest way is to add &emi=ATVPDKIKX0DER to the end of the URL for your search. Just perform your search, then click in the address bar and paste that at the end and hit enter and you'll get ...
12
votes
How do I check my promotional credit with Amazon?
Reposting something stated in the comments:
Use https://www.amazon.com/norushcredits
11
votes
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How can I view my reviews on Amazon?
You can view your reviews from your profile
go to your profile by clicking on your name
click on Profile under Ordering and shopping preferences section
find the review you want to view
and view it,...
9
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How do I check my promotional credit with Amazon?
I'm curios why Lam Chau's helpful answer in the comments to the OP is not listed as an answer:
amzn.to/mp3-balance
easy to remember short link: amzn.to/mp3-balance :) – Lam Chau Oct 6
'12 at 3:...
7
votes
How can I share my shopping cart with someone else on Amazon?
Had the same issue recently and didn't find a solution. So, I made a cart sharing extension for Chrome browser. Here you go: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/amazon-share-a-cart/...
7
votes
How can I view my reviews on Amazon?
Click on "Accounts and Lists" near the top right-hand corner
Click "Your Account"
Look at the "Ordering and Shopping Preferences" box and click on "Your Amazon Profile"
Click on your review under "...
6
votes
When Amazon gives me an item's price as a range like "5-10" how do I get the lower price?
In case anyone is still looking for a solution to this problem, I created a browser extension called "All Prices" that lets you easily see all the price options for each color, style, etc. of an item.
...
5
votes
How do I add all my Amazon Kindle purchases to Goodreads?
I found the button class for the 'Want to Read' button and looped through and clicked them all by running this Javascript in the console.
var buttonArray = document.getElementsByClassName('w-button-...
5
votes
How can I see what I bought for someone else via their Amazon wishlist?
So I also find myself in this conundrum with similar aged nephews. I didn't get Dzejms answer to work either but got this to work:
From the list, choose Print List, under the ... More option at the ...
4
votes
Is there a way to sort by per-volume or per-weight price on Amazon?
BangYourBuck does exactly this. You can choose your unit of choice (pounds, grams, etc.). Note that the links provided do have affiliate links.
3
votes
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What kind of links are accepted in an Amazon review?
According to Amazon, they do not allow outside links in reviews. If your link would lead the reader away from the Amazon website, then it will be deleted or "Unlinked".
However, they do allow you to ...
3
votes
Is there a way of having Amazon automatically buy an item when it hits a certain price?
Now you could do this with https://waatcher.com. You just search for the item you want to buy, set a target price and Waatcher will buy it for you when the price drops below your set price.
Waatcher ...
3
votes
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Is there a way to see all Amazon reviews across its international sites?
Amazon Product Advertising API License Agreement prohibits use of the Reviews data for any purpose other than driving sales on the Amazon Site. So I doubt if any site can lawfully provide the ...
3
votes
How can I view my reviews on Amazon?
Here is the correct order of steps with accurate menu labels as of Feb 2020:
On the upper right hover (don't click) on "Hello USERNAME".
It will open a menu. Select "Your Account".
This will open a ...
3
votes
How can I view my reviews on Amazon?
Just click here, it's under "Community activity".
You can also filter using the combo box that says View: All Activity, change it to View: Reviews to see only your reviews.
2
votes
How do I see my Amazon view history?
Ah! I was wondering the same thing and finally found it:
Go into "Your Account" --> bottom box called "Personalization" there is a section called "Personalized Content" and in there you'll find "View ...
2
votes
How can I filter Amazon.com results to exclude 3rd party merchants?
Most filtering methods for getting stuff that's "Sold by Amazon" stopped working, even when clicking on one of the store departments (which used to work). Luckily for us, there's still a way ...
2
votes
How to securely share your Amazon wish list with only certain people
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=501094
Public: Anyone can see it.
Shared: Only people with a url/link to your list can see it
Private: Only you can see it
2
votes
Is there a way to sort by per-volume or per-weight price on Amazon?
Directly from the Amazon web site it's not possible but you could create your own front end by using the Amazon Product Advertising API. It requires the following knowledge and skills:
XML (For ...
2
votes
How do I mark an item as owned in Amazon?
I created a bookmarklet based on Tahg's answer:
https://tslivede.github.io/Amazon_I_own_this_Bookmarklet
Just drag the "I own this" link on that page into your browser's "favorites/bookmarks toolbar"...
2
votes
Will rental expiration on Amazon Instant Video interrupt movie playback?
I haven't tested this hypothesis enough to confirm it: but there was at least one time when I resumed a rental which had more than an hour left on it with the ticker telling me I had 20 minutes or so ...
2
votes
Can I share my files through Amazon Cloud Drive?
The actual "share" button is not easy to spot.
Drive is not a "consumer-ready" product, so very bare bones, but does the job. Suggest putting the files into a zip.
2
votes
How to fix choppy streaming in Amazon Instant Video?
I know this won't be a popular answer but I was having the same problems watching Amazon videos in the Chrome browser. Since I was using a Windows machine, I just started watching in Internet ...
2
votes
How to search within a product's reviews on Amazon
Amazon changed layout a bit. The Search Option still there and got expanded. At the end of the summary for reviews section, click on the blue number that has how many reviews a product has. Then, ...
2
votes
Export Amazon orders
This is now working for amazon.de too. You just need to create a business account. Then go to Business Konto -> Beschaffungsanalysen (sorry for German, but he asked especially for amazon.de). There ...
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