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Amazon may soon look to you for package delivery

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The person who delivers your next Amazon order could be you, or your nosy neighbor. The online retailer is working on a new service, currently dubbed On My Way, that would pay everyday people to deliver packages in some circumstances, The Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com/article_email/amazon-seeks-help-with-deliveries-1434466857-lMyQjAxMTA1MzE3NjcxNjYwWj) reports. There's no word on when the new service might come out. There's also a chance Amazon will kill the idea, like Walmart did in 2013 (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032448/walmart-mulls-crowdsourcing-for-same-day-shipping-service.html).</p><p>
Many other companies are also turning to the crowd to enlist a fleet of couriers including Postmates (http://www.macworld.com/article/2927914/get-same-day-delivery-on-apple-store-products-via-postmates.html), TaskRabbit, and, most recently, Uber (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2936631/uber-delivery-service-fails-to-get-apple-starbucks-onboard.html). </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2936351/amazon-may-soon-look-to-you-for-package-delivery.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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