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If you’re even thinking about joining Amazon Prime, head over here to get a 12-month membership for $119. On February 17th the price goes up to $139. If your renewal is coming up, your renewal price goes up on March 25th.
Keep in mind that you can also head over here to find out how to save half off Prime if you receive government benefits or are on EBT!
If you’re trying to figure out if a Prime membership is worth it to your family, check out the benefits:
“Delivery benefits
FREE Two-Day Delivery: Millions of items delivered fast and free.
FREE One-Day Delivery: Available on more than 10 million items with no minimum purchase.
FREE Same-Day Delivery: Available, in select areas, on over 3 million items for qualifying orders over $35. Order in the morning, typically before noon, and get your items by 9 p.m.
FREE Ultrafast Grocery Delivery: Get free two-hour delivery on a wide selection of groceries, including meat, seafood, produce, snacks and household essentials. Check availability in your area.
Prescription Delivery and Savings: Enjoy fast, FREE Two-Day Delivery on prescriptions from Amazon Pharmacy, plus exclusive savings when paying without insurance.
FREE Release-Date Delivery: Be among the first to get new video games, books, music, movies and more. Choose Release-Date Delivery on qualified items and receive your package by 7 p.m. on that date.
FREE No-Rush Shipping: Don’t need your Prime order right away? Select No-Rush Shipping and earn rewards for future purchases. Learn how it works.
Amazon Day: Simply pick a day that works for you, shop with Amazon Day throughout the week, and we’ll deliver orders together on the day you choose.
Amazon Key: Get your packages conveniently delivered for free inside your garage. Check your eligibility.
Streaming and digital benefits
Prime Video: Watch exclusive Amazon Originals and thousands of popular movies and TV shows — all at no extra cost. Watch at home or on the go with practically any device.
Prime Video Channels: Watch your favorite shows and movies from HBO, SHOWTIME and STARZ channels — no cable required, cancel anytime and no additional apps to download. $4.99–$14.99/month for Prime members.
Amazon Music Prime: Access 2 million songs, ad-free, plus millions of podcast episodes — included with your Prime membership. Listen on any Echo device and take your music and podcasts anywhere with offline listening.
Amazon Music Unlimited: Get unlimited access to over 70 million songs and millions of podcast episodes. Listen to any song, anywhere, ad-free. Save 20% now with your Prime membership.
Prime Gaming: Get free games to keep, in-game content for your favorite games across all available devices, and a Twitch channel subscription — all free each month.
Amazon Photos: Back up and share your photos with unlimited, full-resolution photo storage. Add your photos in the free apps and view them on all your devices.
Amazon Kids+: All-in-one subscription that gives kids access to thousands of kid-friendly books, movies, educational apps and games on compatible devices. Prime members get up to a 40% discount.
Want more? Here is a guide to connecting your devices to Prime entertainment.
Shopping benefits
Prime Member Deals at Whole Foods Market: Exclusive discounts and offers on qualifying item(s) for Prime members in-store and online.
Prime Day: Annual two-day shopping event exclusive for Prime members delivering incredible savings and deep discounts on over one million deals across every category.
Prime Exclusive Deals: Enjoy deals every day on thousands of items available only to Prime members.
Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card: Earn 5% back at Amazon.com and Whole Foods Market, and at least 1% back on all other purchases.
Amazon Prime Store Card: Earn 5% back every day on Amazon.com purchases and access exclusive promotional financing offers.
Amazon Prime Secured Card: Build your credit while earning 2% back on Amazon.com, Amazon Fresh and more.
Prime Early Access: Get 30-minute early access to Lightning Deals on Amazon.com.
Prime Try Before You Buy: Try on clothes, shoes, jewelry and accessories from the comfort of your home with no upfront charge, and pay only for what you keep.
Personal Shopper by Prime Try Before You Buy: Styling service for men’s and women’s fashion exclusively for Prime members — just $4.99 per styling.
Amazon 4-star and Amazon Books Stores: Prime members pay Amazon.com prices on all products in-store.
Prime-Exclusive Shipping Benefits on Woot!: Prime members get free standard shipping on all Woot! orders and free express shipping on Shirt.Woot purchases.
Reading benefits
Prime Reading: Get unlimited access on any device to more than a thousand eBooks, popular magazines, comics, and more. Learn more about Prime Reading.
Amazon First Reads: Read next month’s new releases today. Each month, Prime members can download one editors’ pick for free — before the official publication date. Downloaded titles are yours to keep.
Discounted Print Magazine Subscriptions: Get select 4-month magazine subscriptions for only $0.99 each.
Other benefits
Share Your Prime Benefits: Link your account with one other adult to share shipping, streaming access to movies and TV shows, Prime Reading and more for free.
Free Shipping at shopbop: Enjoy free two-day shipping and next day shipping at shopbop.com.
Free Titles at Audible: Prime members are invited to start an Audible Premium Plus trial with 2 credits that can be used on any titles.
Free Upgraded Shipping at Zappos: Get free expedited shipping on all Zappos orders.”
For our family, the free shipping, free books (by the way you can get TWO this month in Amazon First), and Amazon Prime Video (we really loved Reacher if you haven’t seen it) make the service worth it. I’m really interested in finding out more about sharing my Prime benefits and what’s involved with that.
My friend Juli at Bargain Believer had a good idea if your membership renews AFTER March 25th…buy YOURSELF a gift membership for $119 before the price goes up. I’m thinking you’d probably have to cancel first then buy a new membership with the “gift” but it is worth a shot. If it doesn’t work for whatever reason (I can’t find a place that says this is against the rules), you can always exchange the membership for a $119 Amazon gift card.
“You can buy a one-year Prime gift membership for $119 or a three-month Prime gift membership for $39 (excluding tax).
To buy a Prime gift membership:
- Go to Give the gift of Prime.
- Choose a membership type and select Add Prime to Cart.
- In your cart, select proceed to checkout.
- Enter the recipient’s email address, the desired delivery date, and your personalized gift message.
- Select Save gift option.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Your recipient receives a gift notification email on the scheduled delivery date. This includes instructions on how to redeem the gift.
Note:
- Your recipient can only redeem the Prime membership on Amazon.com. They can’t transfer the Prime membership to another Amazon website.
- If your recipient is already an Amazon Prime or Amazon Student member or doesn’t want to use the Prime membership, they can exchange their gift for an Amazon.com Gift Card. The Amazon.com Gift Card will have a value equal to the original cost of the Prime membership gift (including sales tax). See Exchange a Prime Gift Membership.
- You can’t currently give monthly or Prime Video memberships as a gift.”
Please let me know if you’ll renew your Amazon Prime membership this year!
Enjoy!
