We love Amazon Prime. Prime day is just another reason to love it.
I admit I was wondering why Amazon was hyping up Prime Day, which is today, July 12th 2016.
We've had our Amazon Prime subscription for years (at least back to 2008!) We've come to love the all-you-can-eat two-day shipping that's the cornerstone of the Prime membership. Amazon didn't need to sell us on it anymore.
Then I saw the notification in my email wishing me a Happy Prime Day.
All right, I'll check it out.
Well, right now there are nearly 10,000 Prime Day deals that are either active, or are going to be active today, across the breadth of categories of products that Amazon offers.
It's basically like Black Friday in July.
Only for Amazon Prime members, but you can try Prime free
The only catch is this: You've got to be an Amazon Prime member to partake in the deals.
Hence, Prime Day.
You need to be one of the following to participate in the deals:
- A Prime member
- An invited guest of a Prime member
- A Prime Fresh member
- An Amazon Family member
- An Amazon Student member
BUT … you can participate also if you're
- A Prime free trial member
Try Prime for free for thirty days, and if you like it just keep enjoying it for $99/year. If you don't, cancel … but you still get to take part in all of the deals today.
In addition to the unlimited two-day shipping, you also get
- Unlimited streaming with Prime Video (tens of thousands of TV programs and movies)
- Ad-free music with Prime Music (1,000,000+ songs!)
- Unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos (safeguard your memories, access anywhere)
- Access to Kindle Owners' Lending Library and Kindle First (borrow a book a month + one pre-released title per month)
- Early access to Lightning Deals
- Shop new events on MyHabit.com
Try Amazon Prime without any risk whatsoever for a month. We started our Prime membership when it was $79/year. It's $99/year now but it's still well worth it. Check it out!
Access to the lending library could be worth it alone if you spend a lot of time and money reading. I loved prime when I was buying textbooks in college but have since deactivated it after I started traveling the world nomadically the past few months
Our daughter just bought a Kindle so we’re still getting used to what’s offered. As she gets older there will be more things for her to read, but now it’s slim pickings.