Amazon Prime Day is a huge sale that takes place across the Amazon website.
Now a two day event, Amazon slashes the prices of a huge variety of items for a limited period with many big names like Apple, Nintendo and Playstation being included in the savings. Savvy shoppers wait for the event to bag bargains.
There are often some early deals in the build up to Prime Day. This year it runs from July 11 to midnight on July 12.
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The deals are available to Prime members earlier than everyone else, so being a member can bring some perks that give you access to the best bargains. Here are some details about what Amazon Prime offers, how much it is and how to get a free trial.
What does Amazon Prime offer?
Unlimited one-day delivery on your Amazon orders in the UK
Unlimited access to video streaming access to over 15,000 TV shows, sports events and films through Prime Video.
Access to Prime Music library and unlimited downloads and streams of over two million songs.
Prime Photos for unlimited photo storage on Amazon Cloud Drive. You also get 5GB of cloud storage for other types of files.
Access to 800,000 free e-books
Borrow one of over 500,000 titles per month for free on any Kindle device with Prime Reading.
30-minute early access to Lightning Deals - including Prime Day.
How much is Amazon Prime?
Amazon Prime costs £95 a year or £8.99 a month. It is still cheaper to pay the full upfront annual cost compared to the monthly direct debit.
Cancelling after the free trial
If you are on the Amazon 30-day free trial and do not want to get charged the monthly or annual fee you must cancel before the trial period ends.
This can be done by visiting the 'Your Account' tab and selecting 'Do not upgrade' before your free trial expires.
Cancelling Prime
If you have already paid and would like to cancel you must select 'end membership'. This will cancel your automatic renewal when your current membership comes to an end.
Prime for students
If you are a student you can get Prime membership for a reduced rate of £4.49 a month for six months.
Find out more about how to sign up and the full list of what you get included in our full Amazon Prime Student guide.
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