Amazon has worked on many aspects and now it has hopped in the student world with a new app for iPod touch and iPhone which would mostly be focused on students. This app would help students to purchase and trade-in of gadgets and books which would be in their requirement list as its the back-to-school season. The app works as a tailor-made app which would help the concerned students to purchase any book which would be required by them for the semester to come. Additionally, the trade-in facility would be helpful as these students will be able to clear their shelves which might be full with a section of books they no longer need.
Amazon has revived the traditional back-to-school experience with this modern twist which would be interesting for those students even who are quickly apathetic with shopping for these books and gadgets. This app of Amazon gives the iPhone students an option to purchase the items via their iPhone directly, but there is even an option to mark a few items in the wish-list which can be purchased in future. The catch however is still the ‘trade-in’ option which is unique as it would give the students extra pennies to go about in the college.
Amazon gives the students a built-in barcode scanner which would help them scan the items which they would like to put up for sale. On doing so, they would even get Amazon.com ’store-credit’ gift cards which can be used by them to purchase other items which may be on their wish-list. Items which are traded back in to Amazon would give these students a free shipping option.
The ‘trade-in’ option is not restricted to just textbooks. One can trade-in and sell anything which they wish to. They would still receive the gift cards from Amazon.com which can be used for buying anything they want too. The list here is huge as one can go for bedding, apparel, electronics, textbooks and much more. The Textbook Buyback ( http://www.amazon.com/b/?ie=UTF8&node=2205237011 ) is a collection which has about 1 million textbooks. This is a useful option for students as they could get back up to 70 percent.
It is even convenient for the students as they can look out for these textbooks from wherever they want too as the app is in their mobile devices only. The process too is quite simple and would not frustrate a student when looking out for a textbook. Amazon’s VP of Books, Julie Todaro said that the app even gives the students a view to compare the prices of textbooks which would be useful in looking out for textbooks and at the same time save money as they can go for the best deal for the textbooks. There is yet another benefit for the students which they can avail in the first six months. This offer relates to free two-day shipping and again it is for each and every eligible order.
Amazon.com is trying to make the back-to-school experience much more lively and it would hope that it gets the attention of a number of students who would like to use this service. Amazon has some additional features which includes sharing via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook and get detailed product information, customer reviews and much more. There is even an option for the students to make a purchase via Amazon Prime.
One can download this app for their iPod touch and iPhones from here.