Amazon Ends Shared Prime Free Shipping Outside Your Home

Amazon is axing nan programme that lets Prime members stock their free shipping perk pinch group extracurricular their household. In an update to its support page, Amazon says it will trim disconnected Prime use sharing connected October 1st, 2025, prompting invitees who don’t unrecorded pinch nan relationship holder to motion up for their ain subscription astatine a discounted $14.99 complaint for an full twelvemonth (and past $14.99 per period aft that).

Instead, Amazon is replacing this programme pinch Amazon Family, which lets relationship holders stock Prime benefits — but only pinch group they unrecorded with. Amazon says everyone successful a “Family” must unrecorded astatine nan aforesaid superior residential address, defined arsenic “the reside you see to beryllium your location and wherever you walk nan mostly of your time.”

As we’ve seen pinch respective streaming services that person cracked down connected password sharing, Amazon is apt ending nan programme arsenic a measurement to statement up caller subscribers. On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Amazon didn’t meet Prime signup goals successful nan US during its extended Prime Day arena successful July, though nan institution reportedly said it had grounds signups successful nan 25 days surrounding nan event.

Launched successful 2015, Amazon Family (formerly Amazon Household) offers entree to free shipping, on pinch further perks for illustration Prime Video, Prime Reading, third-party benefits for illustration GrubHub, shared ebooks, Amazon Music, and more. You tin only adhd up to 1 different big that you unrecorded pinch to your account, up to 4 teens (but only if you added them earlier April 7th, 2025), and up to 4 kid profiles.