Here’s how it works:

Try the free trial:

New Prime subscribers can sign up for a free 30-day trial. You will need to provide your payment details and you will have to cancel if you choose not to continue, but that’s plenty of time to take the service for a test drive to see if an ongoing membership is worth it.

Go monthly:

Discount for people on government assistance:

Talk to customer service about late shipments:

Wait for a sale:

Use Subscribe & Save

Settle for the $25 free shipping:

If you don’t care about the bonus Prime perks like streaming video, two-day shipping, photo storage, and streaming music, then you can skip the whole membership deal and just settle for free shipping. The only catch here is that you need to have at least $25 worth of eligible items in your cart to qualify. This is an easy option for patient and frugal shoppers.

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