21/04/2026 11:55 pm
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Ive been using Amazon DE for years since moving to Berlin but Im hitting a wall right now. Im trying to coordinate this big group gift for my managers 40th and we need to get everything ordered by tomorrow morning to make the Prime window. My logic was just to send a direct link to the checkout or share the basket somehow but it keeps clearing out when my coworker opens it on his laptop. Probably a cookie issue or session timeout I guess? I tried using the share as wishlist thing but half the items are deals that dont always port over correctly. Is there a reliable browser extension or a specific URL trick to just send the whole cart contents in one go so they can just hit pay? Everything I find online seems outdated or just for the US site...
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22/04/2026 12:20 am
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22/04/2026 12:30 am
Regarding what #1 said about the frustration with the cart... unfortunately, Amazon DE is still pretty clunky with this. Shared wishlists are honestly not as good as expected since they often drop those limited time deals. Are you guys both using German-based accounts for this? Try this method:
- Download the Share-A-Cart browser extension.
- Use the Create Cart Code button on the basket page.
- Have your coworker enter that ID on their end.
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21/04/2026 11:56 pm
I totally get the frustration with the cart clearing out. Its a classic session-side issue where Amazon ties the basket items to your specific browser cookie and session ID. Sending a URL just doesnt work. I ran into this exact same problem last year when I was ordering a bunch of lab equipment for our team here in Berlin. I had about 25 different items in the Amazon DE cart and every time I tried to pass it to our office manager, it showed up as zero items. Wishlists are honestly a nightmare for this because they dont handle quantity or specific seller variants very well. I ended up using a browser extension called Share-A-Cart and I was really satisfied with how it performed. Basically, it works by scraping the ASINs—the Amazon Standard Identification Numbers—and the quantities directly from your active session. It then generates a unique code that you send to your coworker. When they plug that code into the extension on their end, it uses a series of automated add to cart requests to rebuild the entire basket item-by-item in their own session. It works well. I was happy to see it even handles the VAT calculations correctly for the German store, which can sometimes get wonky. It saved me so much time during that project, and I havent had any complaints since I started using it for group buys. Just make sure your coworker has the extension installed before you send the code, otherwise it wont be able to trigger the rebuild process properly... it basically bypasses the whole cookie-sharing mess entirely. Super efficient.
