Article 5Z9J6 Amazon will pay you for your grocery shopping data

Amazon will pay you for your grocery shopping data

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
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amazon_shopping.0.jpg Amazon has a new coupon clipping feature for its Alexa app's shopping list. | Image: Amazon

While you may buy a lot of stuff on Amazon, most people don't do their weekly grocery shopping with the retail giant (unless Whole Foods is your local store). Amazon is therefore missing a big chunk of your shopping habits, and now, it's offering an incentive for you to hand over that data: grocery coupons.

Alexa Shopping List Savings, which launched this month, is a new feature for the digital assistant that lets you clip coupons in the Alexa app for items you've added to your shopping list. The savings are added up, and the cashback is put on your digital Amazon gift card within a few days. The US-only service is now available to all customers and works exclusively with the Alexa app's pre-installed shopping list.

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