How To Sign Up For Amazon Prime

Can you judge that nan vacation play is already creeping up connected us? I can’t. But astatine slightest that intends we tin statesman looking guardant to each nan deals we’re apt to spot during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, nan bulk of which will driblet connected November 28th. Everything from gaming cogwheel and headphones to nan latest smart location tech — well, almost everything — will beryllium connected sale, including plentifulness of Verge favorites.

But beryllium aware: immoderate of nan champion deals will only beryllium disposable for Amazon Prime subscribers. Fortunately, if you’re willing successful each of Amazon’s discounted goodies but haven’t signed up for Prime, don’t interest — Amazon makes it very easy to fastener successful a premium account.

If you’re attracted by nan goodies being offered but haven’t signed up for Prime, Amazon makes it very easy

Besides giving entree to Prime Day bargains, Amazon includes a bunch of features to entice group to motion up for its Prime service. These see entree to its streaming video service, Prime Video, which sadly is nary longer ad-free, though you tin pay other for that; free and faster shipping connected purchases (with two-day aliases one-day transportation for galore items and moreover same-day transportation for some); discounts connected a action of Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods groceries on pinch a free GrubHub Plus membership; Amazon Music ad-free audio streaming (not to beryllium confused pinch nan much extended Amazon Music Unlimited, which is an further $10.99 per period for Prime members and $11.99 per period for non-members); free entree to Amazon Luna gaming; unlimited photograph retention (along pinch 5GB of video storage); and Prime Reading, which gives you entree to a rotating room of comics, books, and magazines arsenic good arsenic early entree to a curated action of caller books. Amazon besides added discounts astatine BP and Amaco state stations past year.

You tin stock your Prime relationship pinch 1 different adult, up to 4 children, and up to 4 teens (as agelong arsenic they were added earlier April 7th, 2025) utilizing nan Amazon Family program. Shared benefits see accelerated delivery, Prime streaming access, purchased ebooks and different media, and early entree to lightning deals. (Some features, specified arsenic Music Prime, are not shared.)

Here’s really to motion up.

Choose a plan

• Go to https://www.amazon.com/amazonprime and scroll down to wherever it says Choose your plan. You tin instantly click connected nan fastener that says Start your free 30-day proceedings if you want, but don’t you want to spot what your options are first?
• Choose which scheme you want. The basal scheme lets you motion up for nan work for $14.99 per period aliases $139 per year, which comes retired to a small complete $12 a month.
• Prime for Young Adults is for anyone who is betwixt nan ages of 18 and 24 aliases tin verify that they are an enrolled student. You’ll get a free six-month proceedings subscription (if you’re a caller member), and aft that, you’ll only person to salary $7.49 a period aliases $69 a year.
• If you’re connected immoderate of a assortment of authorities assistance programs, for illustration SNAP and Medicaid, you tin besides subordinate for little pinch Prime Access: $6.99 a period pinch a free 30-day trial.
• Is it your day soon? If you person a generous friend aliases relative, they tin gift you a Prime rank using 1 of Amazon’s gift cards.

Create an account

• Once you’ve decided which scheme you’re going to spell with, you’ll request an Amazon account. If you don’t already person one, you’ll request to motion up. Click connected Start your free 30-day trial and past Create your Amazon account to group 1 up pinch your name, email, and password. We powerfully urge mounting up two-factor authentication for your relationship arsenic well.
• On nan adjacent page, Amazon will verify your relationship by sending what it calls an OTP (one-time password) to your email. Go to your email, transcript nan OTP, paste it into nan Amazon page, and click Verify.
• You’ll past beryllium asked to participate your in installments aliases debit paper information.
• And you’re done!

We should astir apt mention nan obvious: you tin motion up for a Prime membership, return advantage of nan free 30-day trial, and past cancel it aft Black Friday and Cyber Monday person ended. But you tin only do that once, truthful you won’t beryllium capable to usage that instrumentality adjacent twelvemonth erstwhile Prime Day aliases Black Friday comes around.

Update, October 27th: This article was first published connected June 9th, 2021, and has been updated to bespeak caller accusation regarding Amazon’s forthcoming Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale.