Amazon.ie

Part of me wonders if it's on purpose to mess with bots. Probably not though :)

Don't do it yet. Nothing much to be gained.

Honestly i doubt they would as they more often than not don't understand the difference between NI and ROI or are aware NI is in the UK.

Think ill be waiting to switch for a while to see what the verdict is

how much is a firestick?

Yeah but when I go to pay on UK location there's postage there now.

It's about 20 seconds less time than it takes logging into boards to ask anyone else what you could find out yourself in literally, 5 seconds. Like literally. Type amazon.ie firestick into a search engine and that's it. Try it some time.

Will they work if your only internet is using a phone as a hotspot?

I wonder will we finally be able to purchase battery packs?

I like how nobody has mentioned their Trump supporting CEO yet

not sure how this is supposed to work. I have an account with amazon uk for many years, I mainly use the amazon app on my iPhone. When I go to the Amazon app and country/region, I get presented with below, there is no options for Ireland

Should we get an option for Ireland in the app. Or do we not use the app and instead use a browser and www.amazon.ie

Or do I have to re link my amazon uk account to amazon ie account

or None of the above

I'm with Eir for broadband/tv . Looks like they are upgrading anyone who has prime video to full Amazon Prime for free with the new Irish site

Quoting from Conor Pope article in the Irish Times:

Retailers face challenge of working with online platform or going head-to-head with it for business

"… For consumers, there will be more choices to make and they must be made with eyes wide open.

The Prime service, which facilitates quicker deliveries and offers access to its streaming service and special sales events for a monthly fee of €6.99, is also good news. That compares to £8.99 a month for Amazon Prime service in the UK.

However, the cut-price subscription for Prime does have on big drawback - Family Sharing is currently not included for subscribers to Prime on Amazon.ie, which means people in the same household cannot share benefits between them as they do on the UK site.

Recent research from Wolfgang Digital suggests that Amazon already takes in between €1.5 billion to €2 billion from Irish shoppers. Up to 12 per cent of all online spending in Ireland is flowing through the site. With a dedicated local presence, the figure is expected to climb.

The prices for many popular products are broadly similar on the UK and Irish sites. The Amazon fire stick which retails in the UK for £40.98 is on sale on the Irish site for €47.63 (£40.09).

The most up-to-date Kindle reader which sells in the UK for £93.57 can be bought on the Irish site for €113.13 (£95.22). A pair of Sony noise-cancelling headphones which retail on the .co.uk site for £131.08 sell for €142.58 (£120). A Ninja Air Fryer which costs UK shoppers £169.99 costs shoppers on the new Irish website €207.85 (£174.94).

That is not, however, the full story. After proceeding to the checkout on the UK site and when all the customs and other charges were added to the total and converted to euro, it came it at €558.42 compared to €511.19 when bought off the .ie site.

The delivery dates also work in the .ie domain’s favour and users of that platform can expect to have them on Thursday while it will take until Saturday for at least some of the products to arrive if bought on the .co.uk platform. Delivery is free when bought on either platform."

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Ink for my printer.

Irish Site:

UK Site:

Countless other examples like this, will be sticking with the UK site.

Treasure Ireland strikes again.

So far I'd say the irish amazon will be good for items fulfilled by Amazon with regards to time of delivery, the free delivery on your first order is good and when spend over €50 so shop wisely.

In time it will get better I'm sure but UK sellers will probably stick to selling though the UK only amazon