Amazon is undoubtedly the online shopping giant, a platform that millions of people go to every day to buy all kinds of products. And is that one of the main features of Amazon is the large catalog of products it offers. In addition, it is worth noting its competitive prices on most occasions, the speed of its shipments, especially when orders are managed by the company and the different services that the platform environment has. However, there is a way to have a better experience when making our purchases online, registering with Amazon Prime . If you are thinking of subscribing to the service, this is all you need to know first of all.
Surely on more than one occasion you have heard of Amazon Prime and some of its advantages from family or friends who regularly buy on the platform. And it is that there are many users who, after placing their first orders on Amazon, decide to subscribe to this payment service that offers us a lot of advantages, as we will see below.
What is Amazon Prime
Before deciding to sign up for the service, it is important to know what exactly Amazon Prime is. It is a subscription program that offers shipping options quickly and totally free on millions of products on the platform. The way to identify these products is very simple, since in all of them the Amazon Prime label will be shown and we will be able to check the shipping time of each of them and how it is possible to enjoy free shipping without having to reach a minimum amount of purchase.
But that is not all, since in addition, being a member or being subscribed to the Amazon payment service, means having other advantages when buying on the platform, as well as having access to other Amazon services.
It is important to also know that Amazon Prime is only available for billing addresses in Spain and that it is a subscription for private use, that is, it is not available for companies or entities that make purchases with a commercial purpose (Amazon Business) .
All the advantages of being an Amazon Prime user
As we have just indicated, being a user of the Amazon subscription service allows us to enjoy certain advantages with respect to the shipments of products purchased on the platform and others that have to do with access to a lot of services typical of the giant of the online shopping
Shipping Advantages:
- Free same day shipping on a selection of products sold and / or managed by Amazon, for minimum orders of € 29, guaranteed in most Madrid and Barcelona postal codes.
- Free 1 business day shipping on more than 2 million products sold and / or managed by Amazon, guaranteed in mainland Spain.
- Free shipping within 2 to 3 business days on millions of products sold and / or managed by Amazon.
- Shipping with guaranteed delivery on the day of the product launch for books, video games and DVDs purchased in presale.
Other advantages:
Being a member of the Amazon subscription service gives us access to other services of the platform and very interesting without additional costs such as:
- Prime Video: platform with a large catalog of series, movies, documentaries and original Amazon content to which we will have access with unlimited reproduction of its content. Go to primevideo.com .
- Prime Music: is the music service that allows Prime customers to listen, store and manage music from anywhere, with a monthly limit of 40 hours. Go to Prime Music .
- Prime Reading: offers access to hundreds of eBooks from any device: Kindle, Fire tablet or with the Kindle app available for iOS and Android. Learn more about Amazon Prime Reading .
- Prime Photos: We will have a storage space for our free and unlimited photos. Go to Prime Photos .
- Prime Now: Free delivery service in just 2 hours in some cities such as Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona and surroundings. Go to Prime Now .
- Twitch Prime – Access to video game content, ad-free viewing and other perks. For more information, visit Twitch Prime .
- Amazon Pantry: this is the service that gives us access to the purchase of everyday products such as food and beverages or home care. Go to Amazon Pantry.
- Amazon Family: We will get a special discount of 15% on a selection of diapers when you buy them through Subscribe and save. Consult Amazon Family .
- Amazon Music Unlimited: access to the exclusive annual rate for Prime customers with which we can enjoy more than 50 million songs and hundreds of playlists
- Prime Student – With Prime Student, college students can take advantage of Amazon Prime benefits, including: 1-day free delivery on millions of items, hundreds of movies and series on Prime Video, over 2 million titles to listen to on Prime Music, numerous Twitch benefits and priority access to Flash Offers. In addition, eligible students will be able to benefit from a free 90-day trial and a subscription of € 18 per year, which means a savings of 50% off the amount of the subscription to Amazon Prime and to enjoy a trial period for three months instead of one, as usual.
How to sign up for Amazon Prime and how much does it cost
The first thing we should know when registering for the Amazon Prime service is that we have to have an Amazon account. Therefore, if we still do not have one, we will have to create an account on the platform, something that we can do completely free of charge.
To do this, we go to the amazon.es site and in the Accounts and lists section that appears to the right of the search engine, we click on the Start here link that appears next to the question Are you a new customer? This will show us a form in which we have to indicate our name, email address and password. Next, click on the Create your Amazon account button and follow the steps to complete the process.
Next, we go to Amazon Prime and click on the Start my free trial period button. In this way we can sign up for the subscription service and enjoy 30 days completely free of charge . First of all, we will be asked to register a payment method for the subscription, therefore, we must add the card with which we want to make the payment and that will tell us from the end of the trial period. During this 30-day period, we can request the withdrawal of the service at any time.
If we decide to continue with the subscription, after those 30 free days the service will continue for a period of one year and with a price of 36 euros per year . Now, if we prefer, we can also subscribe on a monthly basis at a cost of 3.99 euros per month . Therefore, with the annual subscription we will achieve a saving of 25% with respect to the monthly fee, since it is equivalent to 3 euros per month during the 12 months.
