Im so stoked to finally get our new 10-person creative studio organized! I saw an invite button on my list, but I read on a blog that only the owner can add items while guests just view. It’s super confusing cuz some say collaborative lists are for everyone. Can my team all add their own snacks to the same list?
Unfortunately, I tried setting this up for our small workspace and it was honestly such a letdown. You can technically use that invite button to let people add their own stuff, but its not as good as expected. In my experience, the permissions are super weird and half the time my coworkers couldnt see the option to actually add items, even when I specifically set it to edit access. It felt like a total waste of time trying to troubleshoot it for just some granola bars and coffee pods. If you really want everyone to pitch in without the headache, you might find it easier to just use a simple shared doc or a free app like AnyList and then copy everything into your cart at once... it saves so much frustration compared to fighting with the Amazon app interface which just feels clunky for groups.
Regarding what #1 said about "Unfortunately, I tried setting this up for our..." - yeah, they are spot on. I have been managing creative studios and office supplies for over a decade now and Amazon lists are notoriously finicky. I remember one time we tried doing a shared snack list for a dev team and someone accidentally deleted half the items or kept adding 50 dollar organic beef jerky that blew our entire monthly budget in two days. You really have to be careful with how you hand out that invite button. Quick question for you though... are you planning on having everyone use their own personal accounts to add stuff or are you thinking about a shared login? That makes a massive difference in how you track everything and who gets the notifications. I have learned some hard lessons about this over the years: