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7 Prime membership benefits you might not be using (but should be)

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Everyone knows about fast, free delivery—but here are some awesome Prime benefits you may not be taking advantage of.
A Prime membership has a lot to offer. Here are just a few of the best benefits.
Most people join Prime for its cornerstone benefit: fast, free delivery on millions of items. You’re probably also familiar with some of its other perks, such as shopping deals and discounts, access to an extensive library of digital entertainment content, and the ability to check out using Buy with Prime when shopping directly at a participating brand’s online store.

But that’s not everything a Prime membership has to offer. Prime is packed with tons of great benefits. Here are seven you may not know about:
Everyone knows about fast, free delivery—but here are some awesome Prime benefits you may not be taking advantage of.
A Prime membership has a lot to offer. Here are just a few of the best benefits.
Most people join Prime for its cornerstone benefit: fast, free delivery on millions of items. You’re probably also familiar with some of its other perks, such as shopping deals and discounts, access to an extensive library of digital entertainment content, and the ability to check out using Buy with Prime when shopping directly at a participating brand’s online store.

But that’s not everything a Prime membership has to offer. Prime is packed with tons of great benefits. Here are seven you may not know about:
  • 1.
    Prime Credit Cards
    Amazon offers a few great credit card options.

    With the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card, eligible Prime members earn 5% back every day on all Amazon.com and Whole Foods Market purchases, plus rewards everywhere else you shop. Prime members also get access to exclusive financing offers and 10% back or more on select, rotating items throughout the year. For more information, go to Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card.

    With the Prime Store Card, eligible Prime members can get 5% back every day on Amazon.com purchases, access exclusive financing offers and 5 to 15% back or more on select, rotating items throughout the year with an Amazon Prime Store Card.

    Find out more and apply.
  • 2.
    Prime Try Before You Buy
    Prime benefits
    Amazon’s Prime Try Before You Buy is a Prime-exclusive program where you can try on new styles and sizes before you buy them, including clothing, shoes, and accessories. You have seven days to try the items at home or return them at no cost, and we'll only charge for the items you keep.
  • 3.
    Amazon Photos
    Another great benefit of Prime membership is access to unlimited photo storage with Amazon Photos. Prime members get unlimited full-resolution photo storage as well as 5 GB of video storage. You can share full resolution photos with family and friends, and use your photos to personalize devices like your Fire TV, Amazon Echo Show, and Amazon Fire tablet.
  • 4.
    Prime Reading
    Prime benefits
    Whether you have a Kindle or you prefer to read books through the free Kindle app on another device, Prime Reading gives members access to a rotating collection of over three thousand digital books, audiobooks, magazines, comics, and more. Read best seller "Crave" by Tracy Wolff, Laura Nowlin’s #BookTok sensation "If He Had Been With Me," or whiz through an Amazon Original Stories short by Margaret Atwood, "My Evil Mother."
  • 5.
    Amazon First Reads
    Prime Reading isn’t the only benefit for book lovers. Amazon First Reads gives members early access to download a newly released book for free every month from a curated selection of editor’s picks. See this month’s picks.
  • 6.
    Prime Gaming
    Prime benefits
    Gamers will appreciate the fact that Prime members get access to free games and in-game content at Prime Gaming every month—not to mention a free monthly channel subscription on Twitch.tv. Prime members in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK can also play a rotating selection of free games each month on Luna, Amazon’s cloud gaming service.
  • 7.
    Membership Sharing
    Prime benefits
    Have a house full of people who all love Prime? Amazon allows a family to share a single Prime membership among two adults, four teens, and four kids under 13. Using the Amazon Household benefit, everyone can use the benefits of Prime (like Prime Video, Prime Gaming, and Prime Reading, for example) and the adults and teens can also use Prime to shop and make purchases.
Here’s one more thing you might not know about: Prime offers discounted memberships for eligible customers. Fnd out if you qualify for a discounted Prime membership.
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