--- title: Walmart Takes on Amazon With Cheaper 2-Day Shipping Option description: Walmart will offer free two day shipping for $49-per-year, about half the price of Amazon Prime. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-05-12T14:20:31.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T10:56:23.000Z' section: Business tags: - Amazon - pubdesk - Walmart word_count: 305 canonical: https://money.com/walmart-amazon-two-day-shipping/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images](https://img.money.com/2016/05/gettyimages-457439831.jpg) *A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. package is unloaded from a trailer to be sorted for final delivery.* America's largest retailer is coming for a bigger slice of the $341.7 billion e-commerce market in the U.S. Walmart will begin offering a two day shipping subscription service for a [$49 annual fee](http://www.wsj.com/articles/wal-mart-bets-on-free-two-day-shipping-1463045580), *The Wall Street Journal* reports, putting it at about half the price of Amazon Prime. The bog box retailer is building eight new distribution centers across the country this year, and will rely on regional carriers to keep up with demand. The retailer is replacing its three day shipping pilot program, named ShippingPass, which cost $50 per year. Customers who have already paid for this program will receive free two day shipping starting today. A Walmart spokesperson said customers interested in joining the wait list can [sign up online](http://www.walmart.com/shippingpass) (contrary to other reports, the program is not invitation only).The delivery program includes over one million products. Two of the store's most popular e-commerce features—no minimum order requirements and free returns online and in stores—will continue unabated. Walmart also announced Thursday that it is [expanding its grocery pick-up](http://blog.walmart.com/innovation/20160413/sharing-the-love-for-grocery-pickup) service to new markets. Unsurprisingly, Walmart isn't the only retailer vying for part of Amazon's $107 billion revenue stream. The announcement of the competitive shipping rate comes one day after Jet.com, a relatively new player in the e-commerce game, announced a [new grocery delivery program](https://money.com/jet-online-grocery-delivery/) in select markets with no annual fee, an enormous savings over Amazon Fresh's $299-per-year fee. While the free two-day shipping is a major reason why consumers opt for Prime, it's important to note the $99-per-year membership offers a lot more than just expedited shipping. Amazon's catalogue of music, movies, and TV shows are included, as well as unlimited digital photo storage, lower-priced groceries and beauty products via PrimePantry, and free same day delivery in certain markets, among other perks. *This post has been updated with comments from a Walmart spokesperson.* ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/walmart-amazon-two-day-shipping/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Business", "item": "https://money.com/business/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "E-Commerce", "item": "https://money.com/e-commerce/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Walmart Takes on Amazon With Cheaper 2-Day Shipping Option" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/walmart-amazon-two-day-shipping/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/walmart-amazon-two-day-shipping/", "name": "Walmart Takes on Amazon With Cheaper 2-Day Shipping Option", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-05-12T14:20:31.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/walmart-amazon-two-day-shipping/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/walmart-amazon-two-day-shipping/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T10:56:23.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Walmart Takes on Amazon With Cheaper 2-Day Shipping Option", "articleSection": "Business", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/05/gettyimages-457439831.jpg", "width": 4000, "height": 2667, "caption": "walmart-shipping" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alicia Adamczyk", "url": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/alicia-headshot-2.jpg?quality=85&w=640&h=640&crop=1", "email": "alicia.adamczyk@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-05-12T14:20:31.000Z", "description": "Walmart will offer free two day shipping for $49-per-year, about half the price of Amazon Prime.", "abstract": "Walmart will offer free two day shipping for $49-per-year, about half the price of Amazon Prime.", "@id": "https://money.com/walmart-amazon-two-day-shipping/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T10:56:23.000Z", "wordCount": 305, "keywords": [ "Amazon", "pubdesk", "Walmart" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Business", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "E-commerce", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce" ] } ] } ] } ```