Not At Home? Amazon Wants To Come In, Drop Off Packages

Amazon Key would allow delivery people to walk into your home to drop off a box when you’re not there.

Ben Margot / Associated Press

Would you let a stranger in your house to drop off a package?

Amazon hopes so.

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The online retailer will launch a service next month called Amazon Key that would allow delivery people to walk into your home to drop off a box when you’re not there.

Those that want the service would first have to buy a camera and a Wi-Fi-connected lock from the Seattle company that starts at $250. Shoppers can then select in-home delivery on the Amazon app.

When the delivery person shows up, the camera starts recording and the door unlocks.

Rival Walmart is currently testing a similar service in California’s Silicon Valley, which lets delivery people drop off packages.

Amazon.com Inc. says its service will be available in 37 cities on Nov. 8.