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Amazon is quietly axing a big Prime shipping perk. Here's what's going away - and when

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Amazon is ending the Prime Invitee program.

The program let people share Prime shipping outside their home.

Customers are being rolled into the Amazon Family program.

It's the end of an era for Prime Invitee users.

Through the Prime Invitee program, established in 2008, subscribers could share their shipping benefits with other people who live in their "household" even if they live at another address.

That program is ending at the end of this month. Customers will roll into the Amazon Family program, which lets you share Prime benefits with one other adult and four kids in your home. Family members also share Amazon Music, select digital content like audiobooks and eBooks, access to Grubhub+, and more.

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