Amazon has sent out an e-mail to members (subject line ‘your prime benefit sharing is ending – action required‘) that are an invited guest of a Prime member through the Prime Invitee program stating that this will no longer be available as of October 31, 2025 and that they will need to either sign up for their own account or join an Amazon family account.
This is an old program that some people were still able to take advantage of. It used to be possible to add up to four people to your account and they would receive free shipping. For some time it hasn’t been possible to add new members to this program but existing accounts worked fine, unfortunately Amazon is now sunsetting this program completely.
If you do need prime there are currently the following deals:
- Get a free 30-day trial for Amazon Prime
- You can get a monthly membership for $14.99 or annual membership for $139
- EBT or Medicaid users can signup for a cheaper $6.99 monthly plan
- Young Adults ages 18-24 and students of all ages can get six months for free (our full review of Amazon Student & Young Adult here). Students and young adults also pay a discounted rate of $7.49/month after the free trial.
