What You Need to Know about Opening an Amazon Prime Student Account

Amazon Prime Student addresses all college students who are interested in the online shopping facilities offered by the platform Amazon.com. It is a membership program through which eligible students receive many benefits and discounts in exchange of a yearly fee.

Subscribers receive e-mail notifications about the latest offers and promotions and benefit from free two day shipping for all available products. They also have access to Amazon Instant Video which includes unlimited streaming of over 40.000 movies and TV episodes. Students can borrow books from the Library as well, with Kindle fire activation.

If members attract their friends into the program, they receive $5 credit for every referral. They can even share their membership benefits with up to 4 family members living in the same house or with 4 work colleagues.  

The yearly subscription cost for Amazon Prime Student is of $79 and is renewed automatically every year. However, if you want to try the services first and see if they are suitable for your needs, you can subscribe for a free trial or you can upgrade your Amazon Student account.

With this program, students can opt for different shipping upgrades if they need to expedite their delivery. Therefore, according to the urgency of the shipping, you can choose one day shipping, Saturday shipping or local express delivery for the U.S. The memberships include priority and expedite shipping options for Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico as well.

All of these options imply certain costs, according to the urgency of the shipping and may have limitations for some areas that can be found on Amazon.com.

The subscription for Amazon Prime Student can be paid via credit card and not a debit card. Also, in case of a free trial, students must guarantee their membership with a valid credit card. In case of a cancellation, a full refund is possible only if the member and his or her invitees have not benefited from any service and have not made any orders.

Regarding the referral credit students receive, they can use it only on items sold on Amazon, within a year from the issuing date. Also, the credit is stackable, so more than one can be used for a single order. The credit is non-transferable and non-refundable and can be used only once.

Students can cancel their Amazon Prime Student membership or free trial anytime. In case of the latter, the student will stop receiving any benefits after the trial date, unless they decide to continue with the paid membership.

In order to become a member, any user must agree to the Terms and Conditions developed by Amazon.com and be eligible for the program. Before they can benefit of the services offered by the membership, the students must cancel their Amazon Prime benefits linked to their student account and upgrade their account.

In order to find out more and choose the services of Amazon Prime Student, you can simply log on to www.amazon.com/join-student or www.amazon.com/prime and opt for the prime shopping and shipping benefits offered by Amazon.