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If you’ve been considering joining Prime and are not quite sure if a membership is worth it, the answer is yes. Prime saves members money every day with exclusive deals, fast, free delivery, prescription savings, and quality entertainment.
Prime is well worth the cost for members who take advantage of the benefits it offers (and it offers a lot).
What are some benefits that make a Prime membership worth it?
Prime’s benefits span every part of your life, from shopping to delivery to entertainment to health care—all offered to make life a little better, easier, convenient and more fun. If you’re an avid shopper, the fast, free delivery alone might make a membership worth it. If you’re big into entertainment, the access to an expansive library of content on Prime Video, Prime Reading, and Amazon Music might do the trick.
Here are some of the reasons a Prime membership is often worth the cost.
1. Fast and flexible delivery options
One of Prime’s most notable benefits is the fast, free delivery. There are more than 300 million items eligible for free Prime shipping. You can even find tens of millions of items with free Same-Day or Next-Day Delivery, depending on where you live (not all cities and towns are currently eligible).
Prime members also enjoy added convenience with discounts on 1-hour and 2-hour delivery on fresh groceries and everyday essentials from Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh, 1-hour and 3-hour delivery on over 90,000 items available on Amazon.com in select cities and towns, and ultra-fast delivery in about 30 minutes or less on everyday essentials with Amazon Now.
Prime’s fast and free delivery options will make your life so much easier. Because we could all benefit from some saved time.
2. Exclusive Prime Day deals and other year-round savings
Prime members get 30-minute early access to Lightning Deals as well as exclusive access to savings during shopping events like Prime Day.
Prime Day is one of Amazon’s biggest shopping events, and it’s completely exclusive to Amazon Prime members. The site offers savings across top categories including fashion, electronics, toys, home, and much more. It’s the perfect time to stock up on essentials and save on big-ticket items you’ve been waiting to shop, that is if you’re a Prime member of course.
3. Watch exciting new shows and movies
Prime members can enjoy a variety of digital entertainment benefits at no additional cost to their membership, including Prime Video.
Prime Video offers a huge library of content, including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies Fallout, Heads of State, Reacher, Red One, Road House, The Accountant 2, Beast Games, The Boys, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and The Summer I Turned Pretty; licensed fan favorites; Prime member exclusive access to coverage of live sports including Thursday Night Football, NBA, WNBA, NASCAR, NWSL, and The Masters Tournament, and acclaimed sports documentaries including Bye Bye Barry, Kelce, and Earnhardt.
4. Even more digital entertainment
Prime connects readers to a broad selection of popular eBooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga at no extra cost.
Readers can also enjoy pre-release, editorially selected Kindle books across genres through Amazon First Reads, read or listen to Amazon Original Stories from best-selling authors and new voices designed to be enjoyed in one sitting, and get two credits toward any audiobook with an Audible Premium Plus trial.
Prime members also have access to ad-free listening to over 100 million songs and millions of podcast episodes with Amazon Music; access to an evolving library of more than 50 games with Amazon Luna, including GameNight's collection of 25+ cloud-playable, family-friendly games; a rotating selection of PC games for download; and access to a monthly Twitch channel subscription.
5. Get your prescriptions for less
Prime members can receive all of their eligible generic medications for just $5 a month with RxPass and have them delivered free to their door. Medications that treat more than 80 common conditions, such as high blood pressure, anxiety, and acid reflux, are included in the RxPass subscription.
6. Get fast Prime delivery even when you shop beyond Amazon
Prime members in the U.S. can shop directly from brands’ online stores with the convenient and trusted experience they expect from Amazon— including fast, free delivery, a trusted checkout experience, 24/7 live chat support, and hassle-free returns. Prime members will see the Prime logo and delivery promise on eligible products in brands’ online stores, which signals the item is available for free delivery, as fast as next day, with free easy returns. When shopping with Buy with Prime, checkout is simple and convenient. Prime members can use the payment and shipping information stored in their Amazon account, receive timely shipping and delivery notifications after an order is placed, and track their Buy with Prime orders in their Amazon account on Amazon.com or the mobile app.
Sharing a Prime membership
With Amazon Family, members can share a broad range of benefits with one adult, as well as Prime Video and additional digital content like Kindle eBooks, audiobooks, and games, with one adult and up to four children in their household.
How much does Prime cost?
In the U.S., anyone can join Prime for $14.99 per month, or $139 per year if you pay annually. Amazon also offers additional, discounted membership options providing the exact same, valuable benefits of a regular Prime membership—including free delivery on more than 300 million items, exclusive deals, and savings for eligible members—at only 50% of the cost.
Young adults (ages 18-24) and college students can try a discounted Prime membership with a six-month $0 trial, then pay a discounted rate of $7.49 per month, or $69 per year. Qualifying government assistance recipients can try Prime Access for 30-days before paying $6.99 per month. For more information about Prime, including discounted memberships, visit aboutamazon.com/prime.
