Recommended for you

Start writing a post

Lifestyle

Amazon Key Gives Amazon Access To Your House

Is letting delivery people into your home a good idea?

Janae McKenzie

Oct 31, 2017

National Writers Society

Amazon Key Gives Amazon Access To Your House

Wikimedia Commons

Amazon is building off of its wildly successful Prime subscription with the introduction of the Amazon Key service. Available only to Prime members, the new service allows for packages to be delivered inside your home.

With a Smart Lock, a customer places an order selecting the "in-home" delivery option. When the delivery person arrives, they scan the item, which unlocks your door, and the delivery person places the package inside the door, (ideally) not entering the home.

Amazon intends to capitalize on the convenience that drives their success. Amazon Key further simplifies the lives of Prime customers, as shown in a company video announcement, where a customer lets a cleaning service into her home to clean her apartment before her parents arrive for the weekend.

A Prime member could activate the service by purchasing the Amazon Key In-Home Kit, which includes the Smart Lock and Cloud Cam security camera.

The Key service could potentially increase the convenience of home deliveries. Some customers may prefer that their packages not be out on display, as this could lead to package theft. The service also provides an easy way to let in a friend, family or pet-sitting service. Potential customers voiced their assent with the service on Twitter.

Here’s my take: Amazon Key is actually Good. Think about how many people complain about UPS packages being damaged/stolen outside!
— Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos) October 25, 2017

The in-home kit, which currently goes for $250, appears too expensive to some customers, who see the potential danger of letting a stranger into their home as something they shouldn't be paying for.

You now have the privilege of paying Amazon $250 so that the company has a key to your home. https://t.co/eV39wjvxj2
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) October 25, 2017

I would rather risk my package get stolen than to risk some sketchy delivery person have their way with my house. #AmazonKey
— Sherome Allen-Wells (@Sherome_) October 25, 2017

In an effort to assuage customer fears, Amazon included the ability to record those who enter a customer's home or watch the interactions live 24/7.

The Amazon Key service becomes available to Prime members on Nov. 8 in 37 select cities across the United States.

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

Lifestyle

6 Times That You Should Be Nicer To Retail Workers Than You Actually Are

We get it — we're frustrated with you, too.

Miami University

690

Chor Ip / Flickr

I'm sure, like me, many of you received lots of gift cards over the holidays. After working retail seasonally, here are a few tips that I learned in order to make the employees at your favorite store just a little happier and not want to charge you extra on your purchase for being awful. Here are some times when you should be nicer to retail workers than you actually are!

Keep Reading...Show less

retail workers

Featured

5 Untold Struggles Of The Short Friend

It's not always fun being fun-sized!

Appalachian State University National Writers Society

1601

I'm the Short Friend. I've been the Short Friend since about the seventh grade. I'm the one who stands in the front of the photos, gets made fun of for their height, and still shops in the kids department.

This article is not for the Almost Short Friends, i.e. the 5'3" and 5'4" Friends. No no, this is for the Actually Short Friends, i.e. the Barely Scraping 5'1" and shorter Short Friends.

Keep Reading...Show less

short friend

Student Life

12 Thoughts You Have When You're Late to Your 9 AM (Again)

It's a daily struggle to make it on time, but everyone has those days where they just...don't.

University of Virginia

1022

Photo by Rémi Jacquaint on Unsplash

You tried your best to avoid it, but that one statistics class that you need to take in order to graduate was only offered at 9 AM. Sound familiar? Now it's a daily struggle to make it on time, but everyone has those days where they just...don't. If that sounds relatable, then you may have experienced some (or all) of these thoughts.

Keep Reading...Show less

late

Adulting

11 Things All Call Center Workers Can Empathize With Better Than Anyone

Getting hung up on is my super power.

Susquehanna University

179

11 Things All Call Center Workers Can Empathize With Better Than Anyone

Youtube

This semester I started my journey as a member of my University's Alumni Outreach Team. This means a lot of things, but primarily it means that I get to make phone calls to parents and alumni two nights a week to update contact information, collect things like business cards and volunteer hours, and even ask for money.

Keep Reading...Show less

call center job

Recommended for you

Amazon Key Gives Amazon Access To Your House

Is letting delivery people into your home a good idea?

Subscribe to our Newsletter

We get it — we're frustrated with you, too.

1. When they go out of their way to help you.

2. When they are cleaning up a section of the store.

3. When they deal with your children being heathens.

4. When they listen intently to your coupon problems.

5. When they ask you about opening a credit card or rewards card.

6. When you have to wait to get an item number or to talk to a manager.

It's not always fun being fun-sized!

1. Not wearing makeup is like stepping in a time machine

2. "Wow, how tall are you?!"

3. You don't realize how much you're craning your neck until you talk to someone as short as you.

4. Hugging your friends is just asking for a face full of boob for you and makeup on their shirt for them. Awkward.

5. You face retail discrimination

Details the INFJ may not have wanted to let you know about.

1. Their moral compass is the strongest bone in their bodies

2. They like getting a mild cold

3. They can only make one new friend at a time

4. They can only be leaders if they're experts on the topic

5. You know what too nice means: Fake

6. Their creativity comes out in strange bouts

7. They like heavily emotional stories

8. They experience a different kind of tired

9. Structure and routine is the name of the game

10. They are sensitive little creatures

11. They love to love

12. Yup, they’re the mom of the friend group

It's a daily struggle to make it on time, but everyone has those days where they just...don't.

1. "Oh, crap..."

2. "Is it worth it?"

3. "Why is this room so cold?"

4. "Does this professor grade attendance?"

5. "Can I wear my pajamas to class?"

6. "Do I have time to brush my teeth?"

6. "Shoot, I didn't finish my homework..."

7. "What's the weather supposed to be today?"

8. "Will the bus be on time?"

9. "How can I enter the room in the least obtrusive way possible?"

10. "WHY didn't anyone leave a seat on the end in case someone came late?!"

11. "Does this professor hate me now?"

12. "I'll be early next class..."

Getting hung up on is my super power.

1. The first call is the hardest

2. Getting hung up on before you say something

3. People don't live forever

4. It's exhausting

5. Getting hung up on the second you say where you're calling from

6. People will say anything to get you off the phone

7. Voicemails are weird

8. No one cleans out their mailbox

9. Pronouncing names correctly can be hard

10. People are mean

11. Some calls make it worth it

Trending Topics

Top Creators

Trending Stories

Best of Lifestyle

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments

Subscribe to our
Newsletter