---
title: "You Can Now Buy and Ship a Home on Amazon"
description: "One of the freshest items available on Amazon is a tiny home that can be shipped right to your doorstep — or wherever it is you'd like to set it up."
date: "2017-10-23"
modified: "2017-11-30"
authors:
  - name: "Dom Galeon"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon"
url: "https://futurism.com/you-can-now-buy-and-ship-a-home-on-amazon"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "Amazon"
  - "cargotecture"
  - "customizable homes"
  - "pre-fabricated house"
---

# You Can Now Buy and Ship a Home on Amazon

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/71Kuur2B1uL._SL1415_.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073FZ8PP9/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=exploringphot-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B073FZ8PP9&linkId=0b68598249da47e379e9d588ab1c63a0" target="\_blank"\>Amazon\</a\>\</em\>*

If you occasionally browse Amazon for new items, you might've stumbled upon a peculiar looking shipping container with a door and some windows. And yes, that's a pre-fabricated house and you can [order it online from Amazon](<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073FZ8PP9/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?tag=futurism0b-20&ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B073FZ8PP9&linkId=0b68598249da47e379e9d588ab1c63a0>).

![Image credit: Amazon](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/91uOCNl6MhL._SL1500_.jpg>)
*Technically made of out a shipping container, this tiny home is fully functional. Image Credit: Amazon*

This piece of cargotecture — a very real word that refers to architecture created from cargo crates, a practice that supposedly started sometime in the early 2000s — is made by [MODS International](<https://www.modsinternational.com/about/>), a company specializing in repurposing shipping containers. For a little over $40,000, you can have a fully-insulated, 320-square-foot home shipped directly to you — customizable and complete with a built-in kitchen, bath, and appliance fixtures. The prefab home can easily be connected to utilities like electricity and water and it even comes fully heated and air-conditioned.

![Image credit: Amazon](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/81jA224ZzxL._SL1500_.jpg>)
*Inside the fully customizable home. Image Credit: Amazon*

Admittedly, the homes are tiny. But as available living space becomes a concern in [many urban areas](<http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-21973486>), investing in a pre-fabricated, compact home might not be such a bad idea. Compared to the housing options in places like Hong Kong and Tokyo, like [the aptly-named "coffin homes,"](<https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/05/the-coffin-homes-of-hong-kong/526881/>) this home is a livable size. The cost is also attainable, and being available online is a big advantage. The best part is, [according to ](<http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/amazon-will-now-deliver-a-tiny-house-directly-to-your-door-251195>)*[Apartment Therapy](<http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/amazon-will-now-deliver-a-tiny-house-directly-to-your-door-251195>)*, recycling shipping containers into houses is an environmentally friendly way to live.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-john-galeon-9b086925/>)  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/domgaleon>)