What is Amazon Prime student, and is it worth it?

What is Amazon Prime pupil and is it worth it?

Amazon Prime Student is a cheaper version of Amazon Prime designed specifically for college students. Prime Student gives college students access to free two-day shipping and a variety of other Amazon-specific services at half the price of the visitor'southward traditional Prime membership.

Membership also gives students access to sectional student deals. Amazon Prime Educatee is handy if you lot oftentimes buy from Amazon and use — or are interested in using — its other online services. Now that Presidents 24-hour interval sales are around the corner, Amazon Prime Student should be a no brainer for about students. Hither'southward a breakdown of what the service has to offer.

Not a Prime Educatee member? Yous can sign upwards for a free 6-month trial
Prime number Student subscribers can save $7 per calendar month on Prime Music Unlimited, the full-featured upgraded version of Prime Music.

Amazon Prime Student cost

Even though Amazon raised the annual cost to $59 (monthly membership also jumped to $6.49), Amazon Prime number Pupil is still indispensable. Plus, students go a gratis six-month trial, which is essentially longer than the 30-day trial standard Prime members receive. Here's a pause downwardly of Amazon Educatee's main features.

Q.: What is Amazon Prime number?

A.: Amazon Prime is an annual subscription program that provides several benefits for members. Subscribers are eligible for costless two-day (and, in some cases, one-day) shipping on near items and other delivery perks. Members also get unlimited streaming video and music, likewise as special offers on other digital media. (For all of the details on Prime, see our complete Amazon Prime FAQ.) Prime benefits include the following:

Prime Now: Free 2-hour commitment (and discounted one-hr delivery) for tens of thousands of products from local stores (including Whole Foods) in select cities.
Prime Photos: Unlimited photo storage in Amazon Cloud Drive.
Amazon Music Unlimited: Unlimited, advertisement-free access to more than i.5 1000000 songs. Users can stream on demand or allow Amazon to select songs based on their sense of taste. Ane year for $0.99/month (was $4.99/calendar month).
Prime Gaming: Exclusive in-game loot, free games, free sub to Twitch.television set
Prime number Early Access: 30-infinitesimal early access to Lightning Deals on Amazon.com and new sales on MyHabit.com.
Kindle: Two gratuitous months to Kindle Unlimited
Kindle Owners' Lending Library: Hundreds of thousands of Amazon's Kindle e-books are available for a free one-month checkout. (Note: This perk is not available to Amazon Student members during the half-dozen-month free trial.)
Prime Instant Video: Unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes, including Amazon's original shows and older HBO content. (Note: This is non available to Amazon Student members during the half-dozen-month free trial.)

Q.: What is Amazon Prime Student?

A.: Amazon Educatee offers the aforementioned benefits equally regular Amazon Prime number ($99 per yr), at a discount. It is available to students enrolled in at least one form in a college or university in the U.s.a. (including Puerto Rico also as online universities).

Q.: How much does Amazon Prime Student price?

A.: Amazon Educatee costs $59 per year or $6.49 per month, later a gratis (limited) six-month trial period. Verified students (you have to take an .edu e-mail address) are eligible for four years or until graduation — whichever comes offset. After that, the membership volition auto-renew itself at $119 per yr. Students must pay tax on the membership if they live in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, New Bailiwick of jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Due west Virginia or Wisconsin.

Q.: Are there other special benefits for students?

A.: Amazon Student has a referral program that pays $v to both the student being referred and the student who refers them. Amazon has requirements for how y'all deliver the invite to a fellow student, by sharing a link on social media or by using Amazon's email class to send the invite.

Q.: Are there other budget options for Amazon Prime number?

A.: Amazon Households allows two adults to share membership benefits. So information technology could be an option for student roommates, simply it saves only one extra dollar over Amazon Educatee. Alternatively, you tin opt for the $6.49/calendar month program and cancel it the months y'all don't programme to use it.

Q.: Which items get complimentary shipping with Amazon Prime?

A.: Nearly items that Amazon sells directly or through "qualified sellers" are eligible for costless two-day shipping with Amazon Prime. Some of those products are also eligible for gratis one-mean solar day shipping. Oversize items, such as heavy furniture or larger TVs, get complimentary standard shipping. Items sold through third parties (via Amazon Marketplace) are ineligible for Prime shipping discounts.

Q.: Is there a grab?

A.: Y'all can't share your membership with others in your household, as you tin with a standard Prime subscription. Though Prime Photos and discounts on new video game releases are included in the six-calendar month free trial period, students practise not take access to Amazon'southward Prime Music, Prime Instant Video or Kindle Lending Library.

Q: What if I want music, video and Kindle offerings now?

A.: Yous tin can sign up for a full Prime paid subscription at any time; y'all don't have to wait for the six-month trial to end.

Q.: What'due south the argument against subscribing to Amazon Student?

A.: You lot may not need Amazon Prime for the free shipping benefits. Purchases that exceed $35 already get free delivery.

As far as the additional benefit of streaming services goes, if y'all are happy with other streaming video or music services you already subscribe to (such as Hulu, Netflix, Apple Music or Spotify), Amazon's media offerings may non provide you lot with anything new. (Check Amazon Prime'southward video and music listings to see.) The same is truthful if you don't read e-books, or if you use another reader, such as Apple tree iBooks or Google Play Books.

Q.: How can I sign upward for Amazon Student?

A.: If you lot don't have an Amazon account, get-go by setting i upwards here. It's complimentary, simply you will have to register a credit card so that Amazon has a manner to charge you for purchases.

You'll also have to verify that you are a student. A higher-issued email accost ending in .edu qualifies you. (It'southward just for receiving a confirmation email from Amazon and doesn't have to be the address you employ for your Amazon account.) Otherwise, you'll take to email Amazon a scan of a document proving y'all are a student, such every bit a transcript or a educatee ID. Amazon.com explains the details.

If, during the trial period, you determine that Amazon Student isn't worth paying for, go to your business relationship (earlier the trial period ends), select Manage Prime Membership and click Practise Not Continue.

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