TextBuyIt is Amazon’s newly launched text-based mobile shopping service that lets customers use text messages to find and buy products sold on Amazon.com. TextBuyIt allows you to search for an item using keywords, compare prices, place an order from the search results with your mobile phone and have your item shipped right to your door. Shopping has never been easier with Amazon TextBuyIt.

It is fast and easy to use, simply send a text message to “AMAZON” (262966) with the name of the product, search term or a UPC or ISBN barcode, Amazon will then reply with a list of products that match your search, along with prices. To buy an item, just reply to the text message by entering the number of the item from your search results. Then wait for a short phone call from Amazon to get your order confirmation. It uses your Amazon.com 1-Click default settings for the shipping address, shipping speed and payment method when processing your order.

To learn more about how to activate your phone number, visit AmazonPayments.com.