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It looks like Amazon has decided that two days isn’t enough for its annual Prime Day deal celebration. This year, the event will last a startling four days, running from 3AM ET on Tuesday, July 8th, through 3AM ET on Saturday, July 12th. (Why is it still called Prime Day instead of Prime Days? Dunno — ask Amazon.)
The nice thing about having a longer sale period is that you have extra days to make up your mind if you’re not sure you want a specific item (although there is the possibility that some products might sell out before the four-day sale ends). But these sales are only for members of Amazon’s Prime program. 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.
If you’re attracted by the goodies being offered but haven’t signed up for Prime, Amazon makes it very easy
You can share your Prime account with one other adult, too, along with up to four teens and four children — shared benefits include fast delivery, Prime streaming access, purchased ebooks and other media, and early access to Lightning Deals. (Some features, such as Music Prime, are not shared.) 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 membership plans. Screenshot: Amazon
Choose a plan
Choose your plan . You can immediately click on the button that says Start your free 30-day trial if you want, but don’t you want to see what your options are first? Go to https://www.amazon.com/amazonprime and scroll down to where it says. You can immediately click on the button that saysif you want, but don’t you want to see what your options are first?
Choose which plan you want. The basic plan lets you sign up for the service for $14.99 per month or $139 per year, which comes out to a little over $12 a month.
Prime for Young Adults is for anyone who is between the ages of 18 and 24 or can verify that they are an enrolled student. You’ll get a free six-month trial subscription (if you’re a new member), and after that, you’ll only have to pay $7.49 a month or $69 a year.
If you’re on any of a variety of government assistance programs, like SNAP and Medicaid, you can also join for less with Prime Access : $6.99 a month with a free 30-day trial.
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
Create an account
Start your free 30-day trial and then Create your Amazon account to set one up with your name, email, and password. We strongly recommend 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 onand thento 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!
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 once the Prime Day sale is 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.