Amazon offers a premium subscription at 69.90 euros per year, or 6.99 euros per month, called Amazon Prime. This package includes an express delivery service but not only. A subscriber also benefits from a multitude of other advantages: video, music, video games… More or less useful services depending on the needs. So, is subscribing to Amazon Prime worth it?
Amazon Prime (formerly Amazon Prime) is an e-commerce service subscription offer. If the services offered are numerous, they are not always very clear to subscribers. Most Amazon Prime subscribers know that they benefit from very fast and almost free delivery and a streaming platform for movies and series. But for many, the premium offer stops there. However, for 69.90 euros per year, or 6.99 euros per month, Amazon Prime offers many more advantages. Is the set really interesting and suitable for everyone? We have studied the question.
Amazon Prime: the best e-commerce service
The Prime subscription principle is somewhat strange on paper. Being an Amazon Prime subscriber is like being part of a club. The subscription is a right of entry into this club. You pay 69.90 euros per year, or 6.99 euros per month, to be part of it, and to be able to buy on preferential terms. First, as a Prime subscriber you benefit from special discounts.
For example, the Amazon flash sales are an institution of the e-commerce platform. As a subscriber, you have access to all flash sales 30 minutes before other customers. What to find the best deals without risking out of stock.
But what especially characterizes the Amazon Prime subscription, it’s his delivery service. All subscribers are entitled to delivery in mainland France within one working day and free of charge (or €0.01 per book) on the vast majority of products. There is no minimum amount and there is something for everyone: books, DVDs, high-tech products, grocery shopping, jewelry, etc.
New delivery methods have emerged over time. Prime gives access, for example, to discounts on Express deliveries. he is also possible to have certain items delivered the same evening in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Aix-en-Provence for 4.99 euros for orders under 25 euros (free for more than 25 euros).
It is also possible to have your groceries delivered the same day with Amazon Prime. If the service is available in your city, you can have your Monoprix shopping delivered free of charge (from 20 euros of purchases) or benefit from the Géant Casino drive-thru withdrawal.
The Amazon Prime subscription is 69.90 euros per year with a 30-day free trial without commitment. For students, the subscription is 34.95 euros per year (with 90 days free trial). Suffice to say that at this price, the offer is already interesting just if we take into account the delivery costs offered. For consumers who frequently order online, this is arguably the best deal on the market. And a subscription lets you take advantage of Amazon’s crazy Prime Day deals with big discounts on Kindle e-readers, Amazon Echo speakers and more.
Other benefits of Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime is not only the best e-commerce service on the market. The other advantages of the platform are numerous. So much so that it is difficult to see clearly. Amazon wants to appeal to all profiles and offers suitable services. We go around the question.
For gamers: Prime Gaming
Prime Gaming is a set of free offers for Gamers. You have access each month to new free pc games as well as to new bonuses (weapons, skins, characters…) for your favorite games. You also have the option of Subscribe to a channel on Twitch for freethe video game streaming platform.
Amazon Drive and Prime Photos
This is arguably the least known perk for Amazon Prime subscribers. Prime Photos and Drive allow subscribers to access 5 GB of online storage. The first is an unlimited photo storage service. The second a document storage service comparable to Google Drive or Dropbox. Admittedly, this is not the most complete offer on the market, but it has the advantage of being free. It’s always taken.
For readers: Prime Reading
Amazon markets one of the best readers on the market: the Kindle. Whether books are most often sold individually or through another subscription service. However, Amazon Prime subscribers still have an advantage. They have access to a catalog of a hundred free books. This catalog gives access to novels, thrillers but also comics and children’s books. Regularly updated, this platform currently offers Harry Potter at the Sorcerer’s Stone, novels by Guillaume Musso and Doctor Who comics. Rather not bad!
For fans of movies and series: Amazon Prime Video
To compete with Netflix and Disney+, Amazon has also released its streaming service called Amazon Prime Video. First limited to the United States, the service then arrived in France. Amazon Prime subscribers have access to this streaming service for free and unlimited. Like Netflix, the great strength of this platform is its catalog of series and films. Amazon productions are particularly successful and increasingly ambitious, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series. Moreover, some have been awarded at the Golden Globes. Something to binge a little more.
For music lovers: Amazon Music Prime
Since June 6, 2018, Amazon Music is free for Amazon Prime subscribers and is fully part of the offer. The service provides access to a catalog of approximately 2 million titles. You have an offline mode to be able to download your music and listen to it even when you don’t have internet access. To go further and take advantage of the 90 million songs and unlimited without advertising, you must however subscribe to the Amazon Music Unlimited offer (9.99 euros per month). But some users will be satisfied with the standard Amazon Music Prime included in Prime. Amazon Music Prime is compatible with the home assistant Alexa, who now speaks French, and is available on Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Spot connected speakers as well as on smartphones, tablets and PCs.
For the family: Amazon Family
Last advantage of the Amazon Prime subscription: sharing. A subscriber can share a selection of their benefits presented above with a member of their household. Simply invite someone to send to them through your account. It will then suffice to enter the date of birth of the subscriber to confirm the registration.
In addition, parents are entitled to a 20% permanent discount on nappies and wipes.