Huh, I just tried and it said I could only go back 14 days. I had not ordered anything in that time frame.

I always give the driver an A+ after delivery but will remember to add the $5 . im sure I will be ordering things soon. Thanks for pointinng this out.

We don't get this feature here. You can leave a compliment but not a tip. Tipping is uncommon here outside restaurants, and even there it's not expected..

If I’m getting this right, you can only do it for your last order, yes? I just tipped the driver at my daughter’s college. Is it unlimited? If so I’ll need to check my app several times a day as the orders come in. 😂 Of course most aren’t delivered by Amazon drivers.

Hmmm.....I imagine that does not apply to USPS who delivers all my Azon orders.

I’d imagine the early morning deliveries are Amazon. I’ve got stuff coming 4-8 and 7-11 tomorrow. I’ll try to keep up!

Is it unlimited?

I found a FB group from a year or two ago discussing this program. One in the group was the wife of an Amazon driver. At that time the tip was limited to the 1st 2 million ”thank yous” (or as I calculate it, $10 million).

Yes, my last one was usps and it took it.

^That’s sus.

@Sherry8aNorthAL - Really - where do you suppose that $5 ends up at the USPS? They have difficulty delivering the mail accurately let alone figuring out who should get that $5.

Huh, I’ve never heard of this and I live in a large city. We have many different Amazon drivers—I almost feel like I never see the same one twice.

If you are there when the package arrives, why would you not give them a cash tip so you are sure they actually receive all of it? I’m sure amazon takes credit card processing fee and probably more out if it.

I do not care. Amazon is paying it and 99.9% of my postpersons go out of their way to deliver and work until 9pm at night.

ETA: If I could buy local I would, but no one carries anything anymore except basic groceries. I have had to order the pickled stuff and the pie fruit I have used for 60 years. Everything we have ordered is nowhere to be found in the area. It is still being made, but not available in a store.

@Kendrah - This is not us tipping or being charged, it’s us clicking a button for Amazon to hand out a limited amount of money.

There’s probably an explanation online somewhere, but my GUESS is that nothing happens with those clicks if it wasn’t delivered by amazon. It’s just easier to let people click anyway than to explain to people why the option is there intermittently. Again, total guess.

Kendra, I’m with you. While i shop at A Begrudgingly, i would question if the driver is actually getting these tips.

A doesn’t have good policies in the way the workers are treated.

About the program

Drivers deliver for our customers every day, and we want to show them our sincere appreciation and connect them with the customers they serve. Any time a customer in the United States says “Alexa, thank my driver”, clicks the yellow button on this page or searches for 'Thank my driver' on Amazon (web or app), the driver who delivered the customer’s most recent package will be notified of the "thank you" they’ve received. For more information on the Thank My Driver promotion during the holiday season, please visit About Amazon page.

Frequently Asked Questions

1) How can I thank my driver?
You can say “Alexa, thank my driver” using your Alexa-enabled device or Alexa app on your smartphone. You can also search for 'thank my driver' on Amazon (web or app) to thank the driver of your most recent delivery, made within the last 14 days.

2) Which delivery drivers are eligible to receive a "thank you"?
All delivery drivers who deliver Amazon packages in the United States can be thanked. Customers can only thank the driver of their most recent delivery, within 14 days of the delivery date.

3) What happens if I thank my driver for the same delivery multiple times?
You can thank your driver for the same delivery multiple times, however, the driver associated with the delivery will only receive 1 "thank you" per delivery.

4) I don’t own an Echo device. Can I still thank my driver?
Yes, you can thank your driver using Alexa App on your smartphone. Start by opening the Alexa App, and tap on the Alexa button in the bottom right corner of the screen to speak. Once microphone permissions are enabled, you can tap the Alexa button again and say, “Alexa, thank my driver.” You can also type 'Thank my driver' in the search bar on amazon.com or on the Amazon shopping app to thank your driver.

5) What if I don’t own a smartphone?
You can type 'thank my driver' in the search bar on amazon.com

6) Can I cancel my thank you for a driver?
Once the thank you is captured, it cannot be cancelled. But, if you have an issue with your order, please go to your orders on Amazon to give feedback.

Well I have serveral deliveries coming. Nothing was asked when I ordered. When they leave them they dump and run ASAP. They don't have my phone # I give it out to a rare few. I will get an email hours after the package arrives, likely after I find it.

USPS delivered two Az packages this week. UPS the one in Oct. There's no way I'm tipping them. Some others previously have been USPS ... or a "delivery partner," whatever that means. I've never seen an Az truck around here. My nephew works for a Az delivery contractor in Austin TX area. I've not seen the trucks he drives but they're probably Az-specific there.

Az packaging has become very lacking. Multiple items in a box with no internal padding/stuffing such that individual boxes/items are loose inside of it.

" I do not care. " and

" There's no way I'm tipping them. "

Though the second one seems to not involve an A driver and would be outside the program, it's amazing and disappointing to see such selfish attitudes about a positive gesture that would mean something to the recipient and costs the giver nothing. A gesture that requires less time to do than the time spent spewing these sad views in this forum.

Unless you had a really bad DELIVERY, why are you so against the tip? The delivery driver did not pack your package, they just delivered it. The packaging is a seperate item and you should contact A with your complaint, not the driver.

Would you drive around until 9 or 10pm in the rain and cold trying to find a house, that may not have an address you can even see or maybe dogs attacking? We had delivery drivers killed here trying to deliver a package.

Some Reddit comments from

drivers, via ChatGPT

Why nor do both if you have a good driver?

"This is not us tipping or being charged, it’s us clicking a button for Amazon to hand out a limited amount of money."

Thank you for clarifying @foodonastump . I didn't realize. Knowing that, I think it is a pile of ridiculousness to encourage people to buy more. If Bezos cared about drivers, he'd simply give them a higher wage. I try to purchase as little there as possible, but as mentioned below, somethings are not sold anywhere anymore.

Wow. I don't know if im the first to share this but what a disappointing display of negativity.

What is the harm if its ONLY the first however many million until its used up???

Like for realz

According to Google AI, if that can be believed, USPS deliveries are not included in the tipping program because they aren’t employees. I guess if Azon lets you give a tip for a postal delivery that it just doesn’t go to anyone. USPS employees are not allowed to accept cash tips but can accept merchant specific gift cards up to $20.

If you are not around to tip…. Look at these wonderful ideas:

I have very clear instructions in my Amazon account for the driver to please knock on my door to alert me that they have left a package. Most don't, only a small number do. I have porch pirates around my area, and by the time I get the email the package could have been stolen.

So follow my instructions and I'll tip you. Ignore them, and I'll ignore you 😄

Ever since they began doing the kudos thing for thanking drivers, I have been doing so just in case it helps them….even the guys (multiple) that have done the bowling ball technique to slide the envelope or package gently across the deck to the front door to stop at the mat (like they are bowling complete with foot and hand technique…it was hilarious to see on the doorbell camera). Even the poor souls who are new to our street and get confused as to which side of our house is the main door…

I just did the thank my driver. Hopefully they got it :)

I'm reading a reddit thread of drivers talking about this, how so many don't get the money, how others calculate whether it is worth the time to ask the customers to thank them vs how many more packages they could deliver, how drivers in dense city locations might have more of a chance of getting the money before the 2 million runs out but rural drivers have less. They are all over worked, underpaid, and Amazon (who rakes in over $1 billion a day) dangles a potential five dollar reward in front of customers as though that is some how going to make up for it. Bezos is sickening.

sephia, I'm sure you know about the availability of lockers for delivery. There must be a reason why using that approach doesn't work for you. Will you share it? Thanks

PS - I seem to get emails of delivery in 5 minutes or less. I say that judging from when one comes and I'm home, which is not usually the case. Sometimes even with USPS delivered boxes.

Elmer, yes, there are several Amazon lockers in my area. I don't feel like having something delivered to a locker because then I have to get in the car and go get it. All because the driver can't follow instructions.

My work around is to log into my account in the morning, it it will show me where it is in the delivery, like shipped, or out for delivery. It even will show me that it's five stops away, or something similar. When I know I'm soon up next, I look at the app on my phone for the security system, and I can then see the Amazon driver pull up. When the delivery person doesn't knock, I still know it's been delivered because I've seen the driver walk up to the door, so I can go grab it.

I've done an online chat with Amazon and questioned why the drivers don't follow my instructions. Then miraculously, then do knock on the next delivery. So I know they are capable of following the instructions.

I time my orders around when I know I'm going to be home. I don't usually order anything that can't wait until I know I'm going to be home.

Mostly it annoys me that the drivers don't follow my instructions.

@salonva - Thanks for posting this, otherwise I’d have had no idea about the program. I did just ”tip” whoever made the 8am delivery on a windy 20° day. I think the negativity is because it‘s more feel-good than anything. $10MM spread unevenly among hundreds of thousands of delivery people, subject to the customers’ knowledge snd whim, really doesn’t amount to much at all.

As for other comments about tipping cash, I’d possibly do that if I had a regular driver, like the mailman is and UPS used to be, but it’s not. I’d go broke tipping everyone. Secondly, while I do tip and generally tip well for traditionally tipped services, I’m extremely opposed to the growing tip culture where customers are expected to pick up the slack for companies that pay poorly.

I’d go broke tipping everyone.

I mentally add on a tip to the cost of an item and use that to decide its true cost and judge the value of it to me. Yes, it is wrong that I as the customer should be forced to compensate the gap in living wage while company owners get fat off of paying substandard wages. But, I figure me taking a stand against that by not tipping isn't going to put more food on the table of the driver.

I realize, I have a lot of disposable cash, far more than most. But, I also assume that most people who will actually go broke from tipping probably are not purchasing a lot of non-necessities online anyway.

I’m extremely opposed to the growing tip culture where customers are expected to pick up the slack for companies that pay poorly.

Just imagine how much of our taxes are going to subsidize healthcare for companies that don't offer it to their employees!

Wonder if there is a limit on how many times a customer can ”tip” their driver? I did it when this thread was first posted. I’ve gotten other deliveries since then. I’ve been unsuccessful at tipping on subsequent deliveries.

I am a heavy user of Amazon. I get multiple deliveries some days and it's often by various carriers. Our area is also serviced by various Amazon trucks and different drivers. I get notifications of deliveries on my phone and in my email. I haven't seen this tip option come up. I think expecting drivers to ring doorbells is a bit much. If that were the case, deliveries could get backed up for weeks over time. I don't think people realize how hard these drivers work, and the long hours they put in, especially during the holidays. Amazon makes it so easy to track deliveries it's really over the top to expect personal valet service from them.

Our Amazon and other delivery services always ring or knock and await a reply. Many homes have front doors directly on the street. They can't just leave parcels outside. I don't think I've ever seen the same person twice. No tips are expected. The minute you answer the door they're off.

I think expecting drivers to ring doorbells is a bit much. If that were the case, deliveries could get backed up for weeks over time.

Lol, that's funny and a bit dramatic. The drivers take the time to snap a picture of the package they've dropped on the porch. A quick "bang-bang" on the front doors isn't going to back them up for weeks 🤣

How long do you think it takes to "bang bang" on the door and then walk away? I'm not expecting to greet them and chat with them 🙄

I don't think people realize how hard these drivers work, and the long hours they put in, especially during the holidays.

Yes, I personally do. I have a nephew who drives and delivers for Amazon.

The tip option doesn't seem to be available to me. I wonder if it is limited to markets where drivers are a scarce resource and is used as a recruitment tool?

“I mentally add on a tip to the cost of an item and use that to decide its true cost and judge the value of it to me.”

I’d be interested in hearing the mental gymnastics you go through for that. Say you want to order three items, do you try to determine which are going to come together, or do you just figure on a percent for each item so thst it doesn’t matter? Do you make sure you’re home for all deliveries?

What’s necessities (or not) have to fo with it? Is there a difference if they’re dropping off medication or an ugly holiday sweater? How do you decide who to tip? Should everyone who can afford to tip everyone, tip everyone? Should people who can’t afford to tip the Amazon driver, or who can’t guarantee they’ll be around to tip the driver, refrain from ordering on Amazon?

I could easily double this list of questions, and more. But hopefully you get my point. Sure, if you are unwilling to add a customary tip to a $200 dinner then I say eat somewhere cheaper. That’s traditionally expected, just like tipping for a car wash or haircut. But with tip jars popping up everywhere, where does it end? Tip the nurse for taking your blood pressure?

No mental gymnastics. I can't think of a time I ordered more than one thing at a time from Amazon. If I need a medical supply I can't find somewhere else, I'd get it from Amazon. Everything else, I'll buy from a local store, or a nearby big box if I must. We can't complain about stores disappearing if we don't support them.

I live in an apartment building. I see amazon delivery guys in my lobby and on the street all of the time. I hand them a tip. It doesn't matter if they were my guy (or gal) or not. They are all busting their chops.

One of the great benefits of living in a big city is local stores deliver. They knock on the door and wait for me to open up and give them a tip - groceries, pet store, food delivery drivers who are employees of the restaurant.

How long do you think it takes to "bang bang" on the door and then walk away?

I agree. I wonder if they misunderstand and think you mean to have them knock and wait for you to answer? Do you say something like "Please bang on the door for a tip?" Or, "Please bang on the door. No need to wait around for me to answer?"

Where I live, when UPS or FedEx deliver a package, they ring the bell, leave the package, and walk away. USPS doesn’t do that because I have a mail box on the street. There are gizmos that will notify you when your mailbox door is opened.

We rarely get direct Amazon deliveries, although we sometimes get what I assume are contract drivers. I just got an AMZ delivery 5 minutes ago. I happened to see the delivery person drive off. They were in an ordinary car with some sort of door magnet on it. I couldn’t read what it said, but I can tell you it didn’t say Amazon and it wasn’t the AMZ logo. Nevertheless, Amazon allowed me to ”tip my driver.”

@sephia_wa, have you thought about having a doorbell camera installed? It can be set to notify you when packages are delivered. While I was away for Thanksgiving, my Nest cam notified me of the delivery of a package. I called a neighbor and asked that they put it in my garage. When they did, I got another notice from the Nest that someone had picked up my package. Of course, all of the notifications included video.

"I wonder if they misunderstand and think you mean to have them knock and wait for you to answer? Do you say something like "Please bang on the door for a tip?" Or, "Please bang on the door. No need to wait around for me to answer?"

My instructions say "please knock on the door to alert me that you're leaving a package." I suppose I could add "just knock and leave," lol.

"have you thought about having a doorbell camera installed?"

Go back and re-read what I wrote. I wrote "When I know I'm soon up next, I look at the app on my phone for the security system." Because I have a Ring doorbell installed.

FedEx, UPS, USPS ... none of them knock or ring the doorbel. I sometimes receive an advisory text, sometimes not. USPS leaves packages in the mailbox at the street if they fit into it. My house faces a busy FM road which has packages left on the front porch exposed to passing traffic. I include delivery instruction "place package on back porch/patio" (which is fully protected from view) but that isn't always done.

Three neighbors across and up the road have security gates on their driveway entrances. Delivery drivers presumably can "buzz-in" for access ... but I've seen instances of packages placed outside the gates or tossed over. A recent incident had a small package sitting outside a gate for several days when those neighbors apparently were away. I visual-checked it several times per day and it took all the effort I could muster to hold back from fetching it to safety without authorization to do so.

it took all the effort I could muster to hold back from fetching it to safety without authorization to do so.

Why wouldn't you? I'd think the neighbors would be grateful. I took neighbors' packages in all the time without their permission. They were super pleased. If I had their contact info I'd let them know. If not, I'd leave a note for them.

This has been a week of misdelivered packages. Mostly, they drop off packages at my house that belong to my neighbors. Today, Amazon delivered their package to me and my package to them so we met in the street for an exchange.

I have to say that the pictures the drivers take and post are so helpful. I can usually tell which neighbor has mistakenly received my package and go retrieve it.

When people are providing a service TO ME, I happily try to be accommodating to them. I go out of my way, if I can, to make their job easier and help them help me. Rather than layer more on them that can make it harder or more complicated to provide their service to me.

I don't get becoming upset when a person has a special requirement that can easily get missed by a driver that has 100 or 200 (or however many) deliveries each day.

To equate how easy it is to knock on the door with how easy it is to take a photo is silly. Completely different things. They take photos for EVERY delivery because that's what they're told to do. Every one, no exceptions - nothing to remember, nothing to think about. Knocking on a door, if that's a just a few each day out of hundreds? Whose supposed to remember that?

If I have a high value item being delivered, or if I think I may be unexpectedly out late or called out of town when a delivery may be made, I see that as my issue and not theirs. I'm happy to use an Amazon locker to eliminate the problem. I have my choice of several places handly that are 10 minutes away and in locations (like those in Whole Foods stores) I could take advantage of going to. I think you have 48 hours to collect a delivery placed in a locker. If that isn't possible, make your purchase another time and anticipate when the collection (or delivery) would be convenient FOR YOU.

"To equate how easy it is to knock on the door with how easy it is to take a photo is silly."

Your opinion. And I couldn't care less about it because it's impossible for me to care any less than I do now. 🙄

@Kendrah, I think that display of treats is a great idea. At my house, it would take about 5 minutes for it to be destroyed by squirrels and raccoons, with the foxes not far behind. I suppose mice and rats would get in on the party, too. No food left out here!

Politely expressed? When you label something that someone else wrote as "silly," that's hardly polite.

Again, I don't care what you think. I have zero respect or interest in what you think. I don't care if other people agree with what I wrote either. It's an opinion of which we all have one.

And come on, it's important for you to get the last word. Waiting...

Or prove me wrong 🤣