Is there a way to split Amazon orders easily?

Question

Ugh so I am trying to organize this thing for my local youth group and I have about $400 to spend on various supplies but here is the catch. I need separate invoices for the craft supplies and the snacks because they come out of different budget pots and I have to submit the receipts separately for reimbursement. I spent like an hour trying to figure this out and it is driving me insane. I read online that you can supposedly ship to multiple addresses to get separate orders but that doesnt work for me because everything is going to the same community center. Then someone on a reddit thread said you can just uncheck items in the cart but that just moves them to save for later it doesnt actually split the order during the payment phase. I ended up just doing five separate checkouts last night and now my bank thinks my card is stolen because of all the small transactions lol. Is there actually a hidden setting or some kind of chrome extension that lets you just click a button and say make these two separate orders without going through the whole checkout process five times? I have to get this all ordered by tomorrow night so it arrives by Friday and I really dont want to sit there for another hour doing individual checkouts. Does anyone know a trick for this or am I just stuck doing it the hard way?

kenneth.sanders · Accepted Answer

> I ended up just doing five separate checkouts last night Quick reply while I have a sec. Honestly, im super satisfied with the gift card trick. Pro: it stops those annoying bank flags. Con: still manual. Amazon Business is the real pro move tho. Pro: automated line-item splitting. Con: takes a bit to verify. Id avoid extensions since theyre usually buggy and kinda sketchy. Stick to the gift card for tonight!

MeshMaster · Answer

In my experience, Amazon's consumer checkout API doesn't support multi-invoice splitting in a single session. You're essentially stuck with sequential checkouts. The professional fix is an Amazon Business account, which supports line-item coding and separate POs. If you're on a deadline, use the Save for Later toggle to isolate groups. It's inefficient, but it's the only way to generate distinct billing documents without a business profile.

Sophia Elizabeth Butler · Answer

Agreeing with the Business suggestion, tho verification took me four days last time. Unfortunately, consumer-grade APIs are limited. Just use 1-Click settings; it force-splits every item into its own discrete invoice.