Goodbye to one of the advantages of Amazon Prime, starting January 31

Amazon closes Try first, pay later service on January 31. Exclusive to subscribers Amazon Primeallows you to try on clothes for free and pay only for the ones you keep.

Amazon Prime thus loses one of the advantages, and will not offer an alternative to Try First, Pay Later. You will be able to continue buying clothes and returning it if you don’t like it, or it’s not worth it, but you will have to pay first. The goodbye to this service is at a global level, and it is confirmed that it is also in Spain, as indicated Amazon website.

Amazon has given some somewhat strange reasons for cancel Try first, pay later. I suspect that the real reasons are the cost, the complex logistics, and the little benefit it provides.

Amazon closes Try first, pay later

Try first, pay later is an exclusive Amazon Prime servicewhich allows you to order six clothing products without paying. You have one week to try on the clothes, and return what you don’t want. They will only charge you what you have left.

In a press release sent to The VergeAmazon alleges that the closure is due to Customers prefer to use augmented reality tools and AI sizing:

“As customers increasingly use our new AI-powered features like virtual try-ons, personalized size recommendations, featured reviews, and improved size charts, we’re phasing out the Try First, Pay Later option at starting January 31, 2025.”

I find it strange that people prefer to wear sizes recommended by AI or other buyers, when everyone is different, and there is no substitute for trying on clothes for free. So I guess the reasons are different.

One of them is cited by Amazon in its statement: Only a small part of their clothing catalog is available on Try first, pay later. In addition, there are limitations, such as the obligation to order 5 or 6 items. You can’t order only 2 or 3.

Then there is the logistics problem: Clothing is a cheap product that takes up space, and transporting several items of clothing for free and then returning most of them is expensive and generates few benefits, in addition to being an environmental problem.

Amazon closes Try first, pay later on January 31, and it seems like a good decision. The service was only available with a small portion of the fashion catalogue, and is a waste of resources.

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Tags: Fashion, Industry, Clothing