Are you interested in taking advantage of all the Prime Day deals that Amazon has to offer? If you haven’t signed up for Amazon Prime yet, don’t worry—it’s incredibly easy to do so. In addition to gaining access to Prime Day discounts, signing up for Amazon Prime comes with a host of benefits, including free and faster shipping, access to Prime Video and Prime Music streaming services, discounts on groceries, unlimited photo storage, and more. To get started, simply choose a plan that suits your needs, create an Amazon account, enter your payment information, and you’re all set! And the best part? You can try it out with a 30-day free trial. So why wait? Start enjoying the perks of Amazon Prime today!

How to Sign Up for Amazon Prime

Time really does fly, doesn’t it? The summer is over, fall is here, and Amazon’s fall Prime Day sale, the period when Amazon (and probably a significant number of its competitors) will be dropping prices on a lot of its products for Prime members, is happening on October 10th and 11th. If you’re interested in the goodies being offered but haven’t signed up for Amazon Prime, don’t worry — Amazon makes it very easy. (Not surprisingly. After all, it would be the sorry vendor who would make it difficult for people to become new customers.)

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Choose a Plan

Besides giving access to Prime Day bargains, Amazon has come up with a bunch of features to entice people to sign up for its Prime service. These include access to Prime Video, its streaming video service (which is ad-free for now, but that is due to change); free and faster shipping on purchases (with two-day delivery for many items and even same-day delivery for some); discounts on a selection of Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods groceries; Amazon Music Prime audio streaming (not to be confused with the more extensive Amazon Music Unlimited, which is an additional $9.99 / month for Prime members); Prime Gaming, which includes a free Twitch channel subscription; unlimited photo storage (along with 5G of video storage); and Prime Reading, which gives you access to a rotating library of comics, books, and magazines as well as early access to a curated selection of new books.

You can share your Prime account — and most of its features — with one other adult. And you get a 30-day free trial, so you can try it (and the Prime Day specials) out.

Here’s how to sign up. Amazon offers a variety of Prime plans. Go to amazon.com/amazonprime and scroll down to where it reads “Choose your plan.” (You can, if you want, just immediately click on the button on top of the page that reads “Start your free 30-day trial,” but don’t you want to see what your options are first?)

Basic Plan

If you’re interested in the basic plan, it allows you to sign up for the service at $14.99 per month or $139 per year, which comes out to a little over $12 per month.

Prime Student

If you’re a student, you can sign up for Prime Student. You’ll get a free six-month trial subscription, and after that, you’ll only have to pay $7.49 per month or $69 per year.

Government Assistance

If you’re on government assistance or use an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, you can join for less: $6.99 per month with a free 30-day trial.

Gift Membership

Is it your birthday soon? If you have a generous friend or relative, they can gift you a Prime membership using one of Amazon’s gift cards.

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Create an Account

Once you’ve decided which plan you’re going to go with, you’ll need an Amazon account. If you don’t already have one, you’ll need to sign up. Click on “Try Prime free for 30 days” and then “Create your Amazon account” to set one up with your name, email, and password. We strongly recommend setting up two-factor authentication for your account as well.

On the next page, Amazon will verify your account by sending what it calls an OTP (one-time password) to your email. Go to your email, copy the OTP, paste it into the Amazon page, and click “Verify.”

You’ll then be asked to enter your credit or debit card information.

And you’re done!

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Enter Payment Information

To complete the sign-up process, enter your credit or debit card information. This will ensure a smooth transaction when it comes to purchasing items and subscribing to Prime services.

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Cancel After Prime Day Sales

We should probably mention the obvious: you can sign up for a Prime membership, take advantage of the free 30-day trial, and then cancel it after the Prime Day sales are over. But you can only do that once, so you won’t be able to use that trick next year when Prime Day comes around again.

Signing up for Amazon Prime is a simple and straightforward process. With a variety of plans to choose from, you can find the one that best suits your needs and budget. From access to exclusive deals on Prime Day to a wide range of benefits like free and faster shipping, streaming services, and discounts on groceries, Amazon Prime offers tremendous value for its subscribers. So, don’t miss out on the opportunity to join millions of satisfied Prime members and start enjoying all the perks that come with it. Sign up for Amazon Prime today!

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Source: https://www.theverge.com/21493780/amazon-prime-sign-up-day-deals-sale-price-free