Amazon changed the retail shopping experience with the introduction of Prime, best-known for offering fast, free delivery—and that alone makes a membership worth it for many Prime members. Yet the benefits go way beyond quick delivery to include added savings, convenience, and entertainment—all in a single membership.
Read on to learn more about the cost of a Prime membership—and some of the key benefits that come along with it to make your membership meet your needs and wants every day. With the holidays around the corner, now is a great time to join Prime.

How much does a Prime membership cost?

Let’s start with the 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 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.

5 key benefits of a Prime membership

With a Prime membership, you get tons of shopping, savings, and entertainment benefits packed into a single membership. Below are a handful of the most compelling benefits you’ll enjoy as a Prime member.

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Fast, free delivery on a huge selection

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Fast, free delivery on a huge selection
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Watch, read, listen, and play all with Prime
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Prime-exclusive deals and savings on groceries, fuel, and healthcare
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Buy with Prime
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Free Grubhub+
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Fast, free delivery on a huge selection
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Prime members can enjoy fast, free delivery options, and as always, choose the delivery option that best suits their needs.

  • 300 million items with Free Delivery: Amazon offers more than 300 million items across dozens of categories with free Prime shipping in the U.S.
  • Millions of items eligible for Same-Day Delivery: Millions of items across Amazon, including beauty, home, pets, and apparel products, are eligible for Same-Day Delivery. For Prime members, Same-Day Delivery is free for orders over $25 in most cities. If your order doesn’t meet the minimum, you can still choose Same-Day Delivery for a $2.99 fee. Same-Day Delivery is currently available to customers in more than 110 U.S. metro areas.
  • Tens of millions of items are available with free Same-Day or One-Day Delivery: Prime members can choose from free Same-Day or One-Day Delivery on tens of millions of items.
  • Amazon Day: Prime members can select a designated day for a weekly delivery of their packages. This is a free, convenient way to select when and how your package arrives at your doorstep.
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Watch, read, listen, and play all with Prime
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Prime members can enjoy a variety of digital entertainment benefits at no additional cost to their membership.

Prime Video is a one-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one application available across thousands of devices. On Prime Video, customers can find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports. Additionally, there are plenty of selections to rent or buy. Customers can also go behind the scenes of their favorite movies and series with exclusive X-Ray access.

Prime Reading connects readers to a rotating selection of 3,000 books, audiobooks, magazines, newspapers, and comics. Readers can also enjoy pre-release, editorially-selected Kindle books across genres through Amazon First Reads.

Prime members also have access to ad-free listening of 100 million songs and millions of podcast episodes with Amazon Music, unlimited photo storage with Amazon Photos, and instant access to free games, a free Twitch channel subscription, and more gaming benefits with Prime Gaming. Additionally, members get big discounts on Amazon subscriptions, include special pricing on Amazon Music Unlimited, Amazon Kids+, the only digital content subscription for kids with thousands of books, games, videos, Alexa Skills and more.

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Prime-exclusive deals and savings on groceries, fuel, and healthcare
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Prime members have exclusive access to deals and shopping events like Prime Day—as well as 30-minute early access to Lightning Deals every day. Additionally, Prime members can save on everything from groceries to prescriptions.

Let’s start with groceries: Prime members who shop at Amazon Fresh can score great savings on over 3,000 grocery items across the aisles, including 10% off on Amazon private label brands and up to 50% off on eight to 15 grocery favorites such as fresh produce and protein as well as pantry staples that rotate each week. At Whole Foods Market, Prime members receive deep discounts on a rotating selection and save an extra 10% off hundreds of sale items.

When it comes to fuel, Prime members now save $0.10 per gallon at approximately 7,000 bp, Amoco, and ampm locations across the U.S., offering nearly $70 of savings per year.

Amazon also offers several ways for Prime members to save money on medicine. For example, Prime members can routinely save up to 80% on prescriptions at more than 60,000 pharmacies, including with Amazon Pharmacy, when paying without insurance. Amazon Pharmacy also offers upfront pricing with Prime and insurance directly on the Amazon site, making it easy to shop for your medications.

Prime members with one or more recurring prescriptions may want to subscribe to RxPass. This Amazon Pharmacy add-on program allows members to get all their eligible generic medications for one low price of $5 per month, plus fast, free delivery to their door.

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Buy with Prime

Prime helps you at many other retailers as well. If you make a purchase on a site that isn’t Amazon, you can look for Buy With Prime at checkout. If the site participates, you can get Prime benefits like fast, free shipping and easy return policies.

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Free Grubhub+

Every Prime membership comes with free Grubhub+—a $120 value per year—as part of their Prime membership with perks like $0 delivery fees on eligible Grubhub orders, lower service fees, 5% credit back on pick-up orders, and other exclusive offers.

Members maximize Amazon’s enormous selection, exceptional value, and fast delivery with Prime. Find more information on Amazon Prime, including details on discounted memberships. And if you’re not yet a member, be sure to start your 30-day free trial (for select, eligible customers) or join Prime ahead of Prime Big Deal Days 2024, which will return in October.