The "Amazon Dash Button," which allows you to order daily necessities with the push of a button, is now on sale in Japan. Provided for Prime members.


"Amazon Dash Button" is a small plastic button. Adhesive tape and hooks are included, and you can use it by gluing or hanging buttons at home. After connecting to your home Wi-Fi network, you can use it by setting the product you want to order with the Amazon shopping app on your smartphone.


The service was already launched in the United States in March 2015, and is often used to purchase detergents, toilet paper, garbage bags, and zip locks. It seems that it is also popular to order heavy items such as water and soft drinks that are heavy to buy at the supermarket and take home. It is also often used to buy condoms.



If you install such a button, children will be amused and will press the button many times. However, the "Amazon Dash Button" has a built-in duplicate order prevention mechanism, so that no matter how many times you press the button, only one order will be valid until the item arrives. In addition, a confirmation notification will be sent to your smartphone when you place an order for a product, so you can cancel after confirming the details of your order.


At the start of sales, more than 40 types of "Amazon Dash Button" will be lined up for more than 700 types of famous brand daily necessities. The price is 500 yen (tax included). When you order a product using the "Amazon Dash Button", the equivalent of 500 yen will be deducted from the amount of the initial order, so the button itself will be virtually zero yen.