A plugin/extension to add Amazon order info back to emails

Question

I was recently reminded of how annoying it is that Amazon no longer includes order details in their confirmation emails. It got me thinking, maybe there exists (or could exist) some kind of tool that would scan for Amazon confirmation emails, and when found, would automatically reply to the thread with the details of your order (which would be pulled from your Amazon account, much like the shopify app does).And come to think of it, you could do this even without giving the tool access to your email, if you just set up an automated forwarder to forward any amazon emails to it, and then it could reply with the details. (Would still need amazon access though.)Is anyone aware of such a tool, or interested in creating it?

cantrevealname · Accepted Answer

But why does Amazon no longer include order details in their confirmation emails? They did so before 2020. The most plausible explanation for this change is to prevent Google from mining your detailed purchase history.Some other theories about this were discussed on Hacker News[1], such as forcing you to log back to Amazon to find out what was shipped in order to get you to buy more stuff, or to prevent people from building a shopping cart app that uses data from your Amazon emails.[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30651997

QuinnyPig · Answer

Oh I&rsquo;d sponsor this. See my tweet a couple of years back: https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1505719741620449281

tempestn · Answer

I'm actually tempted to build it myself. The question is, would Amazon come down on it. They seem to allow the Shopify Shop app integration, but perhaps there were some negotiations behind that.

manojkumarsmks · Answer

I can see When is it arriving, ship to, order # and the photo of the order. What are we talking here ?