With the Dash buttons Amazon wanted to enable purchases at the push of a button. The WLAN button is valid for one product offered by Amazon. If it is pressed, this triggers a chargeable order of the respective article. Amazon used to advertise the button as a simple and intelligent solution for purchasing permanently used products – for example, if the detergent runs out, new ones can be ordered at the push of a button. This would eliminate the usual purchasing procedure.
The service was available as soon as a dash button was purchased, an app was installed and a prime subscription was taken out. The purchase price of the Dash button was offset against the first purchase made through it. The service has been available in Germany since 2016.
Consumer protection center sued against Dash buttons
Consumer protectors had warned the US company after the introduction of the buttons because they considered the button press orders to be incompatible with German legislation. After the Group...
