If you use free primary shipping from friends or family and you are not in the same house, you may have to pay another month. according to Updated Customer Service Page Report first edgeAmazon will end its Prime Invitee benefits sharing program on October 1.
The program was replaced by the Amazon family, which includes the same benefits as Prime Invitee. But the Amazon family only lives in the same “primary residence address” for children who live only for two adults and four children. This means no longer free shipping to other addresses.
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If you are a beneficiary of someone else’s Prime Invitee benefits, you have one month to take advantage of the current plan before the changes take effect.
Starting from October, you have to Amazon Prime Subscription To benefit from the company’s free shipping program. First-time subscribers earn a year of quality membership for $15, but you will deduct $15 per month to maintain your subscription.
Major registration is slowing down
This move soon after Reuters report although Extended July Golden Day event. Although the company reported blowout sales figures, the new major subscriptions did not meet internal expectations. In the United States, they do not have last year’s registration metrics.
Amazon registered 5.4 million U.S. registrations in the 21-day Prime Day event, 116,000 fewer than the same period in 2024, down from the company’s own target, both metrics fell by about 2%.
By forcing individual families to have their own subscription, Amazon may seek more major accounts after missing this score before.
Amazon is not the first company to prevent password sharing between family and friends. E-commerce giants are just the latest Netflix account sharing suppression. While it’s not clear whether this change works for Amazon, Netflix gets More than 200,000 subscribers Follow its policy changes.
New Amazon Family Project (formerly known as Amazon Family) In a family, up to two adults and four children offer major benefits including free shipping, main videos, Prime Reading, Amazon Music, and more. The subscription also includes the benefits of certain third-party companies such as Grubhub.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
