Amazon is ending a program that allow Prime members share free transport advantages with folks outdoors their family.

As an alternative, Amazon is encouraging customers who do not dwell with the account holder to pay for their very own Prime subscription, providing them a one-year subscription for $14.99.

Amazon final raised its Prime membership payment in 2022, when it elevated to $139 from $119. By ending the Prime sharing program, known as Prime Invitee, the corporate is nudging customers who do not dwell with a Prime member to subscribe to their very own Prime membership.

“The Invitee program, which enabled sharing of the Prime transport profit solely, is being phased out, and Prime members can as a substitute share a broad vary of Prime advantages with Amazon Household,” an Amazon spokesperson mentioned in a press release to CBS Information.

When will Prime sharing finish?

Amazon mentioned in a customer support part of its web site that it’ll finish the sharing program, known as Prime Invitee, on Oct. 1, and is urging non-household customers to get their very own subscription.

What is the discounted Prime provide?

Amazon is providing individuals who had been utilizing the Prime sharing service to enroll in one 12 months of membership at $14.99. After that, it is $14.99 per thirty days or $139 yearly. 

The provide begins this Friday and is legitimate till Dec. 31, 2025.

What’s changing the Prime sharing program?

Amazon mentioned it’s changing the Prime Invitee program with Amazon Household, which lets account holders share the free two-day transport perk with just one different grownup of their family, as much as 4 teenagers (who had been added earlier than April 7) and as much as 4 profiles for kids, based on Amazon’s web site.

The extra advantages embody sharing Prime Video, Amazon Music and different companies, the Amazon spokesperson mentioned. The Invitee program solely included free transport.

Amazon mentioned that the extra grownup added by Amazon Household may very well be a partner, member of the family or roommate.

The information comes because the Seattle-based firm is making huge investments in increasing its community to carry quicker supply to prospects in much less densely populated areas throughout the U.S. The service is on the market in 1,000 of the greater than 4,000 smaller cities, cities and rural communities focused by year-end, the corporate mentioned in late July.