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This Amazon Prime perk is disappearing next month and it could cost your family more
Amazon's new Family program limits benefit sharing to household members, ending wider sharing that allowed guests outside the primary residence, affecting thousands of users.
- Amazon will discontinue the Prime Invitee Program on October 1, 2025, which currently enables Prime members to share free shipping benefits with individuals outside their household.
- This adjustment comes after a recent Reuters article revealed that sign-ups for Prime subscriptions were lower than both last year's figures and the company's internal expectations ahead of this year's Prime Day.
- Individuals who do not reside with the primary account holder must either obtain their own Prime subscription or be included in an Amazon Family account to continue accessing shared Prime benefits within a single household.
- Amazon Family enables sharing Prime benefits, including two-day shipping and Prime Video, with one additional adult, up to four teenagers who were enrolled before April 7, 2025, and up to four children—all residing at the same main address.
- This shift may increase costs for families as separated invitees lose free shared shipping and must pay for individual memberships, though discounted rates of $14.99 per year are available.
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This Amazon Prime perk is disappearing next month and it could cost your family more
Amazon is putting an end to one of its Prime membership perks that may end up costing you and your family more money. The online retail giant is ending its Prime Invitee Program on Oct. 1 and has begun notifying users of the change, according to CNBC,
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If you have Amazon Prime membership, you will soon lose an important benefit in the coming weeks. The e-commerce giant will remove “Prime Invitee”, which allowed its subscribers to share the free shipping benefit with people who do not share the same main address and who did not have Amazon Prime. The bill will enter into force as of October 1.
Amazon confirmed that next October 1 will end Invitee, the program that since 2009 allowed Amazon Prime members to share their shipping benefits with people outside their home. The bill marks a shift in the company’s strategy, which will now seek to concentrate the experience on Amazon Family, a modality focused on family nuclei. A company spokesperson told FOX Business that the decision responds to a need to “align the benefits to the way consu…
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