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Amazon has reintroduced its free $5 “Thank You” tip for delivery drivers, giving the e-commerce giant's shoppers more than one way to send it.
The initiative announced Tuesday marks the second time Amazon has tipped its U.S. delivery drivers on behalf of shoppers during the holiday season. This year, the company announced that starting Tuesday it will send drivers $5 along with thank you messages for the first 2 million customers who say “thank you,” totaling $10 million.
To convey their appreciation to their delivery driver, online shoppers can instruct their Alexa-enabled device or the Alexa app to thank them by saying “Alexa, thank my driver.” The other method is to type “Thanks, my driver” into the search bar on the Amazon website or app.
An Amazon Prime delivery driver sorts packages in a delivery truck in Queens, New York. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via / Getty Images)
This “thank you” goes to the person who delivered the last order to the buyer who decides to use this feature.
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Amazon said it developed the feature after hearing “many examples” of delivery drivers building relationships with customers and sometimes playing “the role of the unexpected hero.”
To convey their appreciation to their delivery person, online shoppers can instruct their Alexa-enabled device or the Alexa app to say thank you. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via / Getty Images)
According to Amazon, thanks are due to Delivery Service Partner (DSP), Amazon Flex Delivery Partners and Hub Delivery Partners working in the US. In September, the company said its DSPs had more than 279,000 drivers worldwide.
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Customers also have the option at any time to use the “Alexa, thank my driver” function, which has been available for years, according to Amazon. To date, drivers have received over 22 million thank you messages.
In this photo illustration, an Amazon logo is seen on a smartphone. (Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via / Getty Images)
As FOX Business previously reported, the company provided $5 tips for 1 million expressions of gratitude in 2022.
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Timothy Nerozzi of FOX Business contributed to this report.