How to Tip Your Amazon Driver $5 for the Holidays, at No Cost to You

Amazon drivers work hard, often with little gratitude from the customers they deliver to. But periodically, Amazon runs the “Thank My Driver” promotion, giving you the opportunity to thank your hard-working driver at no extra cost.

The promotion is valid for a limited time. The exact end date has not been specified by Amazon, but previous promotions usually take place during the holiday season.

How to Tip Your Amazon Driver Free

• If you have a echo machineyou can say: “Alexa, thank my driver.”
• If you don’t have an Alexa device, you can search for the phrase “Thank you driver” on the Amazon app, then click on the first result.
• On the Amazon site, I was also able to do this by logging in and following this link to a page with a big yellow “Thank you driver” button. By clicking on it, I confirmed that a tip had been sent to my driver for the most recent delivery.

This applies to your most recent driver, valid for up to 14 days after the delivery date. You can also thank the same driver multiple times, but they will only receive one tip per delivery.

In the past, Amazon has ended the promotion after a million thank you were distributed. (He continued to send thanks, even though there was no monetary reward associated with it.) Last yearthe company also ended its holiday promotion on January 3, after sending 4 million thank you messages.

It’s unclear if it will work the same this time around. We’ve reached out to Amazon for clarification, but have yet to receive a response.

Since Amazon first launched the Thank My Driver promotion in 2022, customers have thanked their delivery drivers more than 40 million times.

Amazon has already found itself in a sticky situation for alleged reasons refuse tips to drivers. An FTC settlement in 2022 saw Amazon pays $61.7 million settlement to settle charges for withholding tips from Flex drivers who use their own cars to deliver Amazon packages.

In this case, the money doesn’t come directly from you, but Amazon pays $5 to the driver. Either way, it doesn’t hurt to send a thank you if you’re happy with your latest Amazon delivery.