Last night, I was turning the page of a book on my kindle and I thought to myself, “I’ve read a lot of books this year. I wonder how much money I have invested in my self-development and learning about business through purchasing books.” This led me to think that Amazon should have a tool that shows you a breakdown of what you have spent money on.
I've done a fair bit of digging today and what I have discovered is that all of the personal finance apps that track your spending have trouble categorising Amazon transactions. Over 100 million people are now prime members (including myself) and so it's not uncommon to see a lot of 'Amazon' transactions on your credit card statement.
However, it seems that apps like Mint can only show you 'Amazon' as a transaction and can't actually break it down.
For example:
Books - £102.30
Electronics - £436
Stationary - £27
Maybe there's no demand for this information (that's me indirectly asking for your opinion) but I, for one, would like to know how much money I have spent on books over the past five years without going through all of my individual transactions and totalling it up.
This is where my knowledge fails me - can you link an app to your Amazon account, or is that totally closed? Would it be possible to create a little widget that people link to their accounts to give them analytics on their Amazon spending?
...Just a glimpse into my ever-racing mind that never leaves me in peace to enjoy things like "Never Split The Difference" By Chris Voss (current choice of nighttime reading).
I've done a fair bit of digging today and what I have discovered is that all of the personal finance apps that track your spending have trouble categorising Amazon transactions. Over 100 million people are now prime members (including myself) and so it's not uncommon to see a lot of 'Amazon' transactions on your credit card statement.
However, it seems that apps like Mint can only show you 'Amazon' as a transaction and can't actually break it down.
For example:
Books - £102.30
Electronics - £436
Stationary - £27
Maybe there's no demand for this information (that's me indirectly asking for your opinion) but I, for one, would like to know how much money I have spent on books over the past five years without going through all of my individual transactions and totalling it up.
This is where my knowledge fails me - can you link an app to your Amazon account, or is that totally closed? Would it be possible to create a little widget that people link to their accounts to give them analytics on their Amazon spending?
...Just a glimpse into my ever-racing mind that never leaves me in peace to enjoy things like "Never Split The Difference" By Chris Voss (current choice of nighttime reading).
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