Are You Taking Advantage of All These Amazon Services?

If you’ve avoided an Amazon Prime membership—which costs $119 per year—you do have the option of trying it for free for an entire month. As everyone who doesn’t live under a rock knows, Amazon Prime memberships feature unlimited free two-day shipping.

You can also instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes on Amazon Prime Video, get ad-free access to over a million songs and hundreds of playlists and borrow Kindle books.

If you already have Amazon Prime and want to share it with others, there is the option of Giving the Gift of Amazon Prime to someone with a three-month or 12-month membership.

With Prime Discounted Monthly Offering, qualifying customers in select US government assistance programs (including SNAP, WIC, and TANF) can enjoy the benefits of Amazon Prime at almost 50% off the regular monthly price (just $5.99/month!).

College students also enjoy a discount on Prime memberships, paying just $6.49/month instead of the full price of $12.99/month. Sign up for a free six-month trial to enjoy all of the benefits of Prime, plus exclusive offers for students, like the tutor software Course Hero.

Enterprise or small business owners can get even more benefits by ordering through Amazon by setting up a free Amazon Business Account. Whether you’re in a commercial, education, government, healthcare, nonprofit, or financial industry, an Amazon Business Account makes procurement a breeze. Load up on office supplies, shop IT products, stock up the breakroom, and more. Sellers, Amazon Business can help you reach new buyers in order to grow your B2B sales.

If you’re an avid reader, Kindle Unlimited is for you. Get unlimited access to more than one million ebooks and thousands of audiobooks. After the 30 day free trial, sign up for six, 12, or 24 months. You can also buy a plan for the bibliophile in your life.

What’s better than someone reading to you? Give the gift of Audible. Available in one, three, six, and 12-month membership options, Audible memberships give you access to the world’s largest selection of digital audiobooks. Audible Premium Plus gives you two “free” audiobooks a month. In reality, you’re paying $15/month, but that’s less than two books would actually cost!

Our faves are read by the authors, like Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, which is a number one New York Times best-seller. Listen to professionally-narrated audiobooks from multiple genres anytime and anywher—while cleaning, in the car, or while you’re working out.

Stream 70 million songs ad-free on the Amazon Music app or on your Echo or Fire TV device with Amazon Prime Music. Try it free for 30 days, then pay $9.99/month ($7.99 for Prime members).

Did you know you can order clothing, shoes, and accessories for anyone in your family from Amazon and try it out before you buy? Prime Wardrobe allows Prime members to try up to eight items at a time, then pay for what you keep.

Take your Prime Wardrobe experience to the next level with Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe. Exclusively for Prime members, this styling service provides a personal shopper that can help you find your own style.

Much like clothing subscription boxes you may be familiar with, such as Wantable or Stich Fix a stylist curates lewks based on your taste, fit, and budget. Select up to eight items to try at a time. Return unwanted items with the handy dandy resealable box and prepaid label.

Amazon is getting into the grocery business, going way beyond pantry items to include product. AmazonFresh is only available in certain areas right now. If you happen to live in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, or DC, you can take advantage of AmazonFresh. With this grocery subscription service, Prime members pay $14.99/month for on-demand same-day and next-day grocery delivery, including produce, meat, and dairy. Deliveries are free for orders over $35, otherwise, the fee is $9.99. EBT cardholders can not only use their cards to buy food, but they can enjoy this service for no monthly fee!

Amazon’s Prime Now service is available to all Prime members with no extra subscription needed. This service delivers Whole Foods Market groceries from the store to your door, and it’s free for two-hour delivery on orders over $35. Otherwise, fees begin at $4.99. Delivery is available in one and two-hour windows in 88 metro areas across the US, including LA, New York, Portland, San Diego, Chicago, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Austin, Sacramento, Denver, Atlanta, and Phoenix.

It works a lot like Instacart, where someone will do your in-store shopping for you and then drop it off on your doorstep. Unlike AmazonFresh, which comes from Amazon distribution centers, this service is sourced from nearby Whole Foods stores.

This Amazon service offers “low-priced grocery and household essentials in everyday sizes” to Prime members. Prime Pantry is included in Prime memberships, and it is free for orders over $35. For orders less than that, the delivery fee is $5.99.

Orders through Prime Pantry arrive in one to four business days, and shipping is available in 48 states. Shelf-stable products like snacks, cereal, office supplies, and cleaning products are available with this service. Prime Pantry also offers exclusive coupons and deals, but it doesn’t offer fresh groceries.

This service is free and you don’t even need a Prime membership. Subscribe & Save is designed for recurring shipments of essential everyday items, like paper towels, laundry detergent, diapers, and pet food. Shop from thousands of items and easily select your desired quantity and schedule. And, this option can save you some extra cash because some products offer additional discounts for automatic orders.

Subscribe & Save also gives you the opportunity to save up to 15 percent on all of your purchases when you order at least five products for automatic delivery to the same address every month. Prime members can save up to 20%!

Brides and grooms do their guests a favor and create an Amazon Wedding Registry. Choose from the world’s largest selection of products and add items from other websites using the universal button. Couples who are Prime members get a special 20% Wedding Gift discount when they receive $500 or more in purchases from their Amazon Wedding Registry. Your 20% discount can be used once, for one order of up to $1,500 for a maximum discount of 300 bucks.

Just like the wedding registry option, Amazon’s Baby Registry allows expecting parents to register for everything they need to bring home baby. Proud parents receive a surprise box of items for parents and baby, valued up to $35. Lots of people can chip in on one big-ticket item. Get 10% off items that are left unpurchased on your registry (15% off for Prime members). Since some products may not be needed for a while, enjoy a full year return window on most registry items.

Amazon Family gives parents exclusive coupons and deals, like up to 20% off diapers, baby food, and more. Enter your child’s age and receive personalized expert parenting tips, product suggestions, deals, and discounts, tailored to your family’s needs.

No matter what you are looking to buy, watch, read, or listen to, Amazon has a service option available to you that is not only easy and convenient but budget-friendly.

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