Amazon is the largest online store in the world and one of the largest companies on the planet. It processes 3-4 million orders every day, and soon, ahead of Apple and Microsoft, it may become the first company with a capitalization of more than $1 trillion.

For buyers, this has two advantages. First, because of its size, Amazon can charge the lowest commission and set the most low prices. Secondly, the company constantly attracts customers with new discounts and services. One of these areas of the company is the large-scale Amazon Prime program, launched in 2005.

What is Amazon Prime?

This is a fast delivery program, one of Amazon's services. The store promotes it in the best way it can and all subscribers get a very good benefit. It has three delivery options for purchases:

• Free Shipping is free, available for orders over $49 from certified Amazon sellers. Delivery time is about 7-10 days.
• Paid. The term is 4-5 days, the cost is determined by the seller of the goods. You can expedite delivery by paying extra for it.
• Amazon Prime - Free US shipping on select items. The term is 1-2 days.

Members of the program receive free fast shipping on all items marked with a blue Prime badge in the store. For orders from Russia, this is not very relevant, but if our warehouse by Mail.com receives your package a few days faster, it will also come to you a few days faster, so this is not superfluous.

But more importantly, subscribers get early access to Lightning Deals, the top sales of the day. On certain days, only prime members can buy these shares. Which means they always get the sweetest prices. $2 shampoos, $8 shoes, $12 dresses, $150-$300 off electronics...

Amazon Prime members can also get some items for free. The store recently launched a Sample Box promotion. You can get boxes with samples of a wide variety of products (mainly cosmetics, snacks, accessories). The cost of any box is fully compensated to your account with "credits" that can be spent on goods from this box if you like something. There is a similar promotion for children's products. You can fill in the details about your baby and Amazon will send him a welcome package with all sorts of useful things that will be useful to the child or parents.

Moreover, you can apply for Prime and get all these "nishtyaki" for free. Amazon Prime has a 30-day trial period, where users receive all bonuses, without restrictions.

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What else is Amazon.Prime good for?

Amazon has a lot of divisions. The company includes not only an online store, but also cloud service, production, many popular sites, including the best streaming portal for gamers, Twitch. Therefore, among the additional benefits of Amazon Prime - a variety of free services. Among them:

• free electronic books(800 thousand!) for Kindle readers (and the readers themselves for only $49);
• a free Amazon Instant Video library with tens of thousands of movies and TV shows;
• access to the Prime Music service with a huge number of songs and playlists;
• early access to great deals days on MyHabbit;
• Amazon Prime Photos service - for storing photos in the cloud;
• free subscription to the channel of any player-streamer on Twitch once a month.

Prime is also linked to other popular Amazon discount programs. For discounts on children's products, there is Amazon Mom, for everything that interests young people - Amazon Student, for food - Amazon Fresh. Moreover, in the latter there are many products that almost do not spoil, and, given their low price, it makes sense to try some in Russia. In all these services, Amazon Prime users who decide to choose a "specialization" for themselves receive additional discounts of 15-20%.

Since 2015, Amazon has been hosting a giant sale, Amazon Prime Day, once a year to advertise its service. In fact, this is an analogue of the famous Black Friday, only not at the end of the year, but in July. The content is appropriate: discounts here are not for holiday gifts, Christmas trees and toys, but for vacation items and other useful things. A huge wave of discounts, from clothes to electronics, and all of it is only for Prime subscribers.

The scale of the event can be judged by sales in 2016. Then sold:

• TVs - 90 thousand;
• headphones - 200 thousand;
• shoes - 1 million pairs;
• children's toys - 2 million pieces.

In 2017, the action will be held from 10 to 12 July. Hundreds of thousands expected exclusive discounts. The emphasis, as usual, will be on Special offers(deals) valid for several hours. If you managed to buy a discount during the time - great, you saved it. They did not have time - in place of the old proposal, a lot of new ones appeared. Amazon promises that "discounts will appear every five minutes."

How do I subscribe to Amazon Prime?

1. We follow the link;
2. Click on the big yellow button Start your 30-day Prime free trial;
3. Choose a card with which you will pay for purchases;
4. Confirm the address (here it is better to use the free American address received when registering with Mail.com.

Everything! You are registered and can enjoy all the benefits of a "premium" subscriber for 30 days.

Just keep in mind that when subscribing (even free!) Your card will be charged 60 rubles, or $1. This is done to verify that the card is real. At the end of the free month, the dollar will be returned to your card.

After 30 days, the paid period will begin and you will be charged $99 per year of subscription. But even in America, no one pays the full $99 a year. In fact, you can get Prime for much less.

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How can I get Amazon Prime cheaper?

Yes, there are three common ways to save even more on this subscription:

1. Share a subscription with a relative or trusted person by joining the Amazon Household program. The connected user (button Add an Adult ) will receive all the benefits of Prime absolutely free. That is, each of you will have to pay only $50. But you need to trust this person well, because in the account he will see information about your card and about your purchases.
2. Grab Amazon Prime for one of the regular promotions. The price of an annual subscription in such cases can drop to $20-$35.
3. Get a monthly subscription instead of an annual one if you are not completely sure. It will cost 9 times cheaper, so if you do not buy on Amazon all year round, it turns out to be more profitable.

How do I opt out of Amazon Prime?

Even if you signed up for a year, and then suddenly decided that it was useless, you will not lose all $99. You can get your money back on Amazon Prime at any time. The store, at your request, will cancel the subscription and return everything that you did not use. He will simply charge you $10 for each month of use, and the remaining amount will be returned to the card. There is no need to be afraid of the free period here, it is completely safe.

If you decide to unsubscribe from Amazon Prime, just go to the Your Account menu, where you manage all the settings, go to the Settings tab and select Manage Prime Membership. Then it remains to click on Do not continue. Your membership in the program will be terminated.

By the way, such a "trick" can be done every 13 months. Turn on a free subscription, use a month. Disconnect from her. And a year later - you connect again, and again for a month you use all the "nishtyaks" without paying a penny.

Who Should Pay for an Amazon Prime Subscription?

In fact, everyone who makes purchases on Amazon at least 2 times a month. And also to all those who want to get access to the most delicious discounts, or want to get expedited shipping. Postal.com warehouses in Pittsburgh and Delaware accept parcels from Prime customers on the second day after the order, and if the matter is urgent, the parcel reaches Russia in 7-14 days. If you do not subscribe to the Amazon program and use another delivery service, the goods from the USA may arrive in a month or 40 days, when they are no longer needed.

Of course, the store's service is "tailored" for residents of the United States, and the more often you make purchases, the greater the benefit you will get. Americans can order 7-8 items every month, twice a week, for them Amazon is practically synonymous with "online shopping". Therefore, the site has a lot of subscribers, 70 million, almost every fifth inhabitant of the country. In Russia, the service is not promoted anywhere (like Amazon itself), there are not so many people who know about it. Oddly enough, Russian-speaking gamers who watch Twitch are subscribed to Amazon Prime most of all, because this allows you to support your favorite streamers for free. But the services of fast and cheap delivery are used by several thousand people. It is all the more useful to know about the possibilities that this gives.

Well, the 30-day trial period is worth a try for absolutely everyone. Especially during Prime Day, when subscribers are given huge bonuses. You will not spend anything on this, but you will get the opportunity to save a lot.

Subscribe to Amazon Prime for free

Members of this program can take advantage of two-day shipping within the United States.

The cost of an annual Amazon Prime membership is $119 (from 05/11/2018), the fee is charged automatically from the card specified in your account.
Program participants can (add 1 adult and 4 children to the program). They do not pay for membership, but can enjoy all the benefits Amazon Prime.

All products with the icon are eligible for this program.

We all know that Amazon has branches in several countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom). Memberships in various programs and clubs from Amazon are not associated with these affiliates. On each trading platform Amazon Prime membership must be paid separately.

Amazon prime free trial

New Amazon customers are offered a 1-month trial of Amazon Prime. After the end of the trial version, you can pay for an annual membership for $119 or .
You can also buy Prime for 1 month for $12.99.
If for 12 months you have not used (there was no even a trial membership) the Amazon Prime program, you have the opportunity to re-subscribe to trial version(Amazon prime free trial).

Support: e-mail: [email protected], through the form on the site, there is also an online chat. The chat becomes active when no solution is found in the form of answers to problematic questions.

Users, and all other competent lovers of economical and high-quality shopping. And today we will talk about one interesting service that Amazon offers. It's called Amazon Prime. And since the range of services and nuances of Prime is quite extensive, there are often many “misunderstandings” with it, not only for beginners, but even for experienced users.

So, Amazon Prime is a whole range of services aimed at active Amazon customers in those countries where the store has opened its official representative offices. Well, since, by registering in Parcel, you get a little closer to the USA, because you get a full-fledged American shipping address, some of these services will be available to you too!

Let's separate what is available to Americans and what is available to users from Russia

Useful Amazon Prime features available to users in the US and a few select countries:

1. Delivery

Free same day shipping to multiple US cities

2. Content

Amazon Instant Video service that gives you access to a wide range of series, movies and TV shows

Amazon Virtual Library with over half a million Kindle books

Prime Music service that gives you access to many songs

3. Additionally

Useful Amazon Prime features available to users from Russia and CIS countries:

Free two day shipping

Discounted One Day Shipping

Early Access to Deals of the Day on MyHabbit

Read on for more information on how to connect Amazon Prime and use it correctly in Russia.

History of Amazon Prime

Amazon launched its Prime service in 2005 to boost sales. own goods. At the very beginning, Prime subscribers were offered free two-day shipping on items sold by Amazon itself and some third-party stores under its auspices. The subscription cost $79 for a year of use.

Later, convinced of the success of this idea, Amazon began to expand the subscriber base, enticing them by adding various benefits to Prime. All this resulted in a large and complete list of services that allows you to buy and have fun with great comfort, making a simple Amazon buyer a loyal and regular user for a very long time. for a long time. Well, to motivate buyers to subscribe, Amazon made the first month of Prime services free for all users. Actually, the first month remained free today.

And this is exactly what attracts users from Russia!

In view of the fact that all the “goodies” of Prime, with the exception of free fast delivery, are irrelevant for Russia - you can’t use them without “crutches”, and all the content is in English, it makes little sense for a Russian user to pay $ 99 to Amazon. However, nothing prevents you from using a free trial period, and then unsubscribing. This can be done completely legally, according to Amazon, and with impunity. If you do not want to renew your subscription for a paid period, no one will force you to do so. Moreover, Prime can be activated for free from the same account. The only rule is between free activations should be 13 months.

And if it so happened that you need to quickly deliver some parcel from Amazon to our warehouse, for example, in order to be in time before the start of paid storage of other parcels, or if you want to have time to take advantage of some of our promotions that are valid for a limited time , then Amazon Prime will do just fine!

Prime usage example

An excellent example is our action Let's meet the summer with Gadget Package, which is valid until the end of June.

Let's say you decide to order one of the most popular gadgets of this June - the Asus ZenFone 2 smartphone.

Today is already the 24th, and while Amazon delivers the purchase to our warehouse by the usual free method, about a week will pass, and the chance will be missed. And without Prime, two-day delivery costs $12, and one-day delivery costs $24. But as soon as you activate Amazon Prime, and the parcel will arrive at the warehouse on Thursday or Friday, you will literally fit right into our promotion!

And why not just take advantage of free fast shipping once a year, given that it's completely free.

How to Use Amazon Prime Without Paying $99

Expecting that you will like Prime, Amazon will automatically debit $99 from your card linked to your account after the free month has passed. To opt out of this by activating the free Prime, simply click on the Manage Prime Membership button, and on the next menu, click Do Not Continue. Thus, you will refuse a paid subscription renewal for a year, and nothing will be charged from your card. If you do not do this and miss the moment when the money is written off, Prime can still be turned off. When the subscription is renewed on a paid basis, in the same menu, click Cancel Prime Membership, and Amazon will refund your money, even if you have already used Prime during the paid period. In this case, not all money will be returned, but minus the cost of one month of use. It's about $9.

Amazon.com needs no introduction, even those who have never ordered goods from Amazon know about this largest American hypermarket. foreign internet stores. And for sure everyone saw the recognizable Amazon Prime logo, and many were definitely interested in what it actually is. Yes, and how not to ask if "Prime subscribers" are offered free shipping within the United States, and access to promotional goods, often with symbolic prices, and much more. Prime is a massive discount program for Amazon customers that provides not only discounts on goods and shipping, but also significant benefits when using other services, such as Amazon Video or Amazon Library. Moreover, there are so many bonuses that they literally tie the buyer with ropes. But there are nuances. For example, with the fact that participation in the discount program is paid. So is this service needed in the context of shopping in foreign online stores or not? Let's try to figure it out.

Few " profitable to buy"- it is also necessary to deliver profitably. Every experienced Internet shopper knows this. Therefore, the accelerated program (in 2 days) immediately catches their eye free shipping in the USA (to the forwarder's warehouse) - Amazon Prime is one of the services of the popular trading platform. True, many are scared off by the price: the cost of a standard annual subscription to Amazon Prime is tangible $99. If you don't shop very often on Amazon, it might seem easier to pay for regular shipping (well, or patiently build your shopping cart to the amount needed for free shipping - $49 or more) than shelling out almost a hundred dollars all at once...

And, actually, for what? As practice shows, many simply do not understand what Amazon Prime really is. Meanwhile, this not just a shipping service. Prime is a whole set of benefits that Amazon is ready to provide you as a buyer. Let's deal with Prime in detail, answering the most common questions related to it.

And for what here to pay $99? What can I be interested in Prime, except for the well-known free delivery in 2 days?

In addition to the "well-known" delivery, Prime includes a whole range of different features. In particular:

• Prime Music service that will open you free access to a huge number of songs, music tracks and playlists.

• Amazon Instant Video service providing free video: you will have access to a sea of ​​series, movies, TV shows.

• Amazon Prime Photos - Unlimited Photo Storage in the Amazon Cloud cloud drive.

• Free access to the virtual library Amazon Kindle Owner's Lending Library, which will offer you more than 800,000 books of various genres, adapted for Kindle readers. Language English, French, German, Spanish.

• Early access to Amazon Lightning Deals (Deals of the day) promotional offers. Prime members (Amazon Prime subscribers) get a half hour head start compared to other Amazon users, which means they can redeem offers at the sweetest price.

• Selling certain items at a reduced price. From time to time on Amazon you can find ... well, for example, shampoo with a cost of $ 4 and a coupon for the same $ 4 attached to them - that is, in fact, the shampoo is offered for free. It's only available exclusively to Prime subscribers.

In addition, the Amazon Prime service is closely related to a number of other discount programs provided by the marketplace: Amazon Mom, Amazon Student, Amazon Fresh. Each of these programs has its own the target audience. For example, "parent" Amazon Mom will provide a 20% discount on baby diapers and 15% on baby products.

It is expected that the level of Amazon Prime service will continue to grow in the future. So, relatively recently, Amazon Prime Air drone delivery was introduced to users. Now it is at the testing stage and, most likely, it will also become one of the bonuses available to prime members.

If I become an Amazon Prime subscriber, will all my purchases be delivered within two days?

Prime Service guarantees that your order will be delivered to the US address you provided within two days of purchase. But - if he, the order, meets several conditions.

First, the items in your Cart must be eligible for Prime. As a rule, Prime covers all items sold by Amazon itself, as well as some items listed on the site by third-party sellers.

To make sure that the product you have chosen is eligible for the program, take a look at its description and find the signature blue icon with the Prime bird there.

As you can see in the image above, the two products on the left are covered by Prime. But on the jacket on the right - alas, no.

Secondly, the selected goods must be in stock - that is, they must already be in the supplier's warehouse and be ready for shipment. If a particular item is out of stock, Amazon Prime guarantees that your order will be shipped to a US address within two days of the item being in stock.

Will delivery times be affected by holidays and weekends?

Will influence. Amazon Prime only works on weekdays. Which, however, is logical: after all, on an official holiday, the warehouse of your mail forwarder will also be closed, which means that it will not be possible to deliver the goods in any case. If you place an order with Prime Delivery, for example, on Friday afternoon, then the "two-day delivery period" will end on Tuesday afternoon.

However, if necessary, you can speed up the delivery or, conversely, slow down the delivery to the time you need. Thus, Prime members are offered:

• Next day delivery– you will have to pay extra $2.99 ​​for each item in the order;
• Delivery on Saturday– in this case, the additional payment will be $7.99 for each item in the order;
• Free (!) same day delivery- it is only possible if the value of your "Basket" is more than $35, and the delivery address is located in the immediate vicinity of the Amazon warehouse (verified using the postal code);
• Free Standard 4-5 days delivery;
• Free shipping on the date you choose.

Does Amazon Prime apply to all products, regardless of weight or volume?

Basically, you can say yes. For oversized or heavy items that are not economically feasible to ship for free, Amazon has a special shipping program - Amazon Prime Pantry.

Thanks to her, Prime subscribers can choose great amount popular but bulky household items and have them delivered at a fixed price of $5.99 for the so-called Pantry box. This box holds up to 45 pounds (20.4 kg) or four cubic feet (1.2 m3) of various household items - from washing powders and whole boxes of sweets to a whole set of office paper reams.

See the next section to see what items are available with Prime Pantry.

As soon as you put the first item from the Prime Pantry section into the "Basket", the formation of the box will begin. Naturally, it is most profitable to fill the box completely, because you will pay the same amount for the delivery of a single roll of toilet paper, which is for 20 kg of cargo.

You can see how much of the box a particular product will take in its description.

Delivery of Prime Pantry can sometimes be free. Amazon regularly runs a promotion where choosing "slow" No-Rush shipping on any order (takes an average of 5 business days) will earn you a $5.99 credit towards a subsequent Prime Pantry delivery. Accordingly, "pantry" will be free for you.

This all sounds interesting, but I'm not sure if I really need Prime...

Nobody is sure of this. That is why Amazon provides each buyer with a free promo period Prime (Amazon Prime free trial) - exactly for a month, without paying a cent, you will become a full-fledged Prime user and will be able to experience all the advantages of the famous service. By the way, you can use the free promo period once every 13 months. The main thing is not to forget unsubscribe to Prime in time so that Amazon, deciding that you liked everything and are ready to renew your Prime membership, does not charge you $99.

I signed up for Amazon Prime free trial and they charged $1 from my card. Is it really worth one dollar for a "free" month?!

Everything is fine. When you connect the trial version of Prime, Amazon blocks $ 1 - to authorize (verify) your card. The blocked amount will be available (returned to the card) within a month.

I took advantage of the free promo period. How can I cancel a Prime subscription now so as not to get $99?

You can cancel your Amazon Prime membership at any time. To do this, just select "Your Prime Membership" in the "Your Account" drop-down menu and click "Do not continue" in the list that appears on the side.

How to turn off Amazon Prime? I forgot to unsubscribe in time and Amazon charged $99 from my account. What to do?

Do not panic. Amazon is not a greedy site and is very tolerant of its customers. If you do not want to renew your subscription on a paid basis, the store will cancel your membership and refund the deducted money without any questions. Not only that: even if you have already managed to use free shipping outside the promo period, the money will still be returned to you - Amazon will simply charge you approximately $6 per month use, and the remaining money will be returned to the card.

To get this result and return $99, just go to the menu Your Account –> Settings –> Manage Your Prime Membership and click on the button End Membership. True, the store may not immediately believe that you have decided to refuse such a useful and pleasant service, and therefore will clarify once again: are you sure? If you are sure that you want to terminate the subscription and untie the card from Amazon Prime - confirm this by pressing the button end now.

Is there any way to save money on a subscription? It's still hard for me to pay $99 right away...

Can. There are at least three ways to save money when using Amazon Prime.

The first is to wait for one of several annual promotions that drop the price of Prime by $20-30.

Just keep in mind: the "relative" really must be a person you trust. The fact is that when ordering, this person will be able to see your payment card details. You must be sure that he will not use this for fraudulent purposes.

The third is to buy a monthly subscription instead of an annual subscription, paying $10.99 for a month of using Prime. Amazon introduced this feature relatively recently.

Press the button " See more plans and select the monthly payment option in the window that appears.

As with the promo version of Prime, You can cancel this subscription at any time.

And some more bonuses

In addition to high-speed free shipping, access to a library and a variety of content, last year Amazon pleased Prime subscribers with a special promotion - Amazon Prime Day.

July 15, 2015 program participants (and only them!) were offered a huge number of discounts on a variety of goods - from electronics to clothing and food. In fact, Amazon Prime Day has become an analogue of the famous Black Friday. It is possible that Amazon will hold a similar large-scale promotion this year. So it makes sense to prepare for it in advance, so that at the right time, without a shadow of a doubt, connect Prime.

A theme for those who want to use such a wonderful application as Prime from Amazon but pay $119 for a year

What is Amazon Prime?
This is an Amazon program where members can enjoy the following benefits:
Free two day shipping + Discounted one-day shipping (this is yet to be tested) no minimum order quantity (for all products sold by Amazon itself, as well as a small part of what third-party merchants sell on Amazon)
Amazon Instant Video service that gives you access to a wide range of series, movies and TV shows
Prime Music service that gives you access to many songs
Unlimited photo storage on Amazon Cloud Drive.
Earlier Access to Lightning Deals on Amazon and New Events on MyHabbit
Amazon Virtual Library, providing access to more than 500,000 books for Kindle readers without any time limit.

All products marked with the icon are eligible for this program

Amazon Prime free trial (free trial)
For new customers, Amazon offers a free trial version of Amazon Prime for a period of 30 days (when you connect the trial version, $ 1 is blocked on the card, to check the card, after a month the amount becomes available).
How to connect Prime free trial ?
In your account, click on " Try Prime", in the window that opens, press "S tart your 30-day free trial"

Next, in the window that opens, fill in the fields credit card information and billing address
Be sure to fill out! since when you connect the trial version of Amazon Prime, $ 1 is blocked on the card, to check the card, after a month the amount becomes available. After filling in all the necessary, click on the button " Try Prime Free" and cheers! You have become a user

Amazon Prime Membership
Amazon Prime Yearly Membership Cost $99

Counting on the fact that you will like Prime, Amazon, after a free month, automatically!!! will debit $99 from your card linked to your account.

How do I turn off Amazon Prime auto-renewal?
To opt out of this, after activating the free Prime, go to Your Account > Your Prime Membership and on the left in the menu, click " Don't Continue"

Amazon will ask: Are you sure you want to end your membership?
Feel free to press " Don't Continue". Thus, you will refuse a paid subscription renewal for a year, and nothing will be charged from your card.
If you do not do this and miss the moment when the money is written off, the Prime program can still be turned off. And even if you have already used Prime during the paid period, the money for the entire unused period Amazon returns to the card within a few days.

How do I opt out of Amazon Prime?
When the subscription automatically renews on a paid basis, in your account, go to Your Account > Your Prime Membership and on the left under the greeting, click " End membership", Amazon will ask Are you sure you want to end your membership? Are you sure and press the appropriate button " End membership", the store clarifies again, are you sure you want to unsubscribe? Cancel by pressing the button End Now"

How to check if you are subscribed to Amazon Prime?
You can do this in your account, go to Your Account > Your Prime Membership on the left side, after the greeting, it will be indicated whether you are subscribed or not.

The same Amazon Prime program is available for Amazon.co.uk shoppers, etc. but membership in various programs and clubs from Amazon not connected. On each Amazon marketplace, Prime membership must be paid separately.

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