Amazon plans to start shipping items you haven’t even ordered yet — betting that you will.
The Seattle company just received a patent for what it calls “anticipatory shipping,’’ a system that first predicts your future purchases based on such things as previous buys, site searches and even how long you linger on a particular online item, The Wall Street Journal reported.
It then plans to ship the items to the warehouse nearest you before you even press the button to complete the purchase.
The company may also even actually load the items onto trucks in anticipation of shipping them to you.
Amazon says the system is designed to cut down on shipping delays, which “may dissuade customers from buying items from online merchants.”
It’s the latest effort by Amazon to speed up deliveries.