NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — As the holiday season approaches, more people are ordering gifts online to be delivered to their homes. But gifts left unattended in mail rooms or apartment lobbies also make them easy targets for theft.

Now, companies are looking to ensure more convenient and potentially easier shipping by designating specific pick-up locations for your packages.

The ‘Amazon Locker’ program allows buyers to have their order shipped to a designated storage unit for those who don’t want their packages delivered straight to their doorstep. Buyers are emailed a unique code they can use to access their designated locker to retrieve their packages, CBS2’s Vanessa Murdock reported. Read more