Amazon's list of best-selling items now includes face masks
- Amazon's best-sellers list now includes face masks and other personal protective equipment.
- Face masks became a staple purchase during the pandemic and are recommended to be worn in public by the CDC.
- Amazon's best-selling face masks range from reusable cotton masks to disposable surgical masks.
Amazon added a new list of best-sellers for one of the most popular commodities these days — face masks — NJ.com reported this week.
The best-sellers list ranks products against other similar products on the site based on the their sales and promotions.
Now that face masks have become a staple feature of daily public life and a crucial item to buy, especially as shopping moved primarily online during the pandemic, Amazon decided to create a best-sellers list for face masks.
The list includes a variety of masks, from washable cotton ones to disposable multi-packs.
Here were some of Thursday's top sellers, for example:
- Tart Collections Fabric Face Mask ($9.99)
- Disposable Face Masks, 50 Count ($3.97)
- Levi's Re-Usable Reversible Face Mask, Pack of three ($15.00)
- Universal Cloth Face Masks, Four-Pack ($17.99)
- Fashion Mouth Protection, Three Pack ($15.69)
The market for face masks on Amazon has come a long way during the course of the pandemic. At the start, Amazon struggled with third-party sellers' price gouging during a shortage of face masks. But now the company has a better handle on the situation with the creation of the best-sellers safety mask list.
The Center for Disease Control advises people in public to wear masks, including at the grocery store, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus — although this wasn't initially the case. At the start of the pandemic, government officials did not instruct the public to wear masks, which Dr. Anthony Fauci said was because of the anticipated shortage.
Amazon's addition of face masks to the best-seller list is a part of an entire section of personal protective equipment on the site.