You’ve most likely heard of Amazon Prime or seen its option when making an Amazon purchase. To know all the details of what it has to offer, read the rest of this article.
What are Amazon Prime and Prime Student memberships?
Subscribing to Amazon Prime or Prime Student (for those under 26) allows you to benefit from many advantages only if you are just a simple Amazon user.
The main feature of Prime is delivery, subject to eligibility you will get unlimited free delivery within one working day, for some addresses it can be the same evening.
Prime includes access to a video streaming platform (Prime Video), music (Prime Music), a cloud, Prime Day (two-day sales operation), and you get priority for Flash Sales! The details of the benefits are given later in this article.
Also, with Prime it is possible to share your account with two members of your family and use two screens simultaneously.
The icing on the cake, Amazon lets you try its service before adopting it. You have 30 days free trial, and 90 for Prime Student. You can also cancel your subscription at no additional cost, which is handy if you just want to take advantage of Amazon Prime Day and its flash sales.
Also note that being a Prime subscriber before Black Friday or Cyber Monday is a boon to make good deals upstream, and get delivered in time before the holidays.
What is the price of Amazon Prime and Prime Student?
The Amazon Prime service is available in 2 subscription formulas: one to €69 per year or €6.99/monthwith 30 days free and the other, dedicated to students: Prime Student, entitles you to a 90-day free trial, to then upgrade to €3.49/month or €34.95/year.
Both are cancellable at any time.
What are the benefits of Amazon Prime?
What do you get for €69.90 per year? What will your benefits be? Here are the main benefits of subscribing to Amazon Prime/Prime Student.
1. Delivery, Flash Sales and Prime Day
Joining Amazon Prime means unlimited access to free one-day delivery on millions of products and same-day delivery for select zip codes.
Even more interesting is also being able to benefit exclusively and as a priority from a mountain of bargains during Flash Sales and the famous annual event, which spans two days, Amazon Prime Day, usually in July.
Prime Exclusive Flash Sales take place every year, the last one was in October 2022; Don’t miss this meeting reserved for members!
2. Prime Video
On Prime Video, Netflix’s big rival, you’ll find thousands of movies, series, Amazon original series and TV shows. These video contents are also downloadable to watch in offline mode.
Note that you have the possibility of using two devices simultaneously and that you can watch content with your loved ones at the same time, thanks to Watch Party!
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For more content, add Prime Video Channels.
Prime members can also access catalogs from HBOn OCS, Lionsgate, Universal+, etc. via an additional subscription to the desired service For example, to watch HBO series such as Sur Listening, you must subscribe to the Warner Pass in addition to your Prime subscription.
3. Sports competitions
Finally, if you like football or tennis, know that Prime broadcasts Roland Garros and Ligue 1, but you must add the Ligue 1 Pass for this.
4. Music Prime et Music Unlimited
With Music Prime you automatically access more than 100 million titles, without , it is the same for podcasts. You can also enjoy it from compatible Amazon Music devices, but one device at a time.
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To listen in SD, HD, Ultra HD, and Spatial Audio, offline, without ads, on Fire TV, on 6 devices via the Family offer, then you must subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited (no need to be a Prime member ).
The individual offer costs €9.99/month (or €99/year), the family is €15.99/month (up to 6 accounts). And, new subscribers who own an Amazon Echo speaker or Fire TV will only pay €4.99/month. Note that thefree try of a period of 3 months is available for individual as well as family offer.
Visit this Amazon help page to better understand the differences between Amazon Music and Music Unlimited.
5. Audible
Thanks to your Prime subscription, you also have free access during 60 days to Audible, a service offering a large selection of audiobooks and podcasts. This service is without commitment period and can be canceled whenever you wish.
During your first month, an audiobook of your choice is offered to you, then Audible is at €9.95. And, once the books are purchased, they belong to you for life.
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6. Prime Reading
For book buffs (who don’t necessarily have a Kindle), there’s Prime Reading. Thanks to this service, access hundreds of ebooks ((books, magazines, comics, etc.) from your Kindle, computer, smartphone or tablet via the free Kindle application.
7. Prime Gaming
Thanks to Prime gaming, you have access to free games (to keep for life!), in-game loot every month, and more.
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8. Amazon Photos
Prime Photos lets you upload and store an unlimited number of photos, for Prime members, in the cloud, so you keep them safe and have access to them from any device.
9. Deliveroo Plus
Last benefit to date, but limited to one year: the Deliveroo Plus subscription associated with your Prime account.
Deliveroo Plus is a service allowing you to take advantage of free delivery for any order of a minimum of 25 €, beyond which you will have to pay the delivery costs.
Your Deliveroo Plus subscription will not automatically renew unless you were already a subscriber before switching to this offer. In this case, it will be automatically renewed.
