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Amazon announced a price increase for its Amazon Prime service, lifting the annual fee to $99 from $79. MarketWatch’s Catey Hill discusses how to know if the rate increase is worth it for you. Photo: Amazon. Image source: Amazon. At $99/year, Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) Prime membership program may be one of the best deals in retail. For that low annual fee, customers get free two-day shipping, and benefits including Amazon Prime Video and access to the Kindle Lending Library. How to Get $20 Off an Amazon Prime Subscription. If you've been wanting an Amazon Prime Subscription but aren't willing to pay $99, there's good news: Starting tomorrow, new members can sign up for $79—a price that will save you about 20% on the first year's annual membership fee. But if you're interested, act fast: The discount is only available for one day. Amazon is gambling they care more about the first than the second. The retailer told the 25 million members of its Amazon Prime program on Thursday that it was increasing the annual fee for the two-day shipping service by 25 percent, to $99. The new price takes effect on the renewal dates for existing customers, starting April 17. Amazon is famous for squeezing its suppliers for a better deal. Amazon Prime launches in Mexico. Posted Mar 7, 2017 by Sarah Perez (@sarahintampa) Tylko bags $3.1M to size up a bespoke furniture business. Amazon announced this afternoon that its annual membership program, Amazon Prime, is now available in Mexico. The service will offer unlimited free shipping on over 20 million items for the price of 449 pesos ($23) for the first year, before rising to the standard price of 899 pesos ($46) the following year. The move comes less than two years after Amazon launched full operations in the country, through Amazon.com.mx. Amazon's Prime premium service just got a little more expensive. For the first time, the online retailing giant will raise the membership fee for Prime, hiking it by $20 to $99 a year. Amazon Student Prime will rise $10 to $49 a year. Prime members will pay the higher fee when their accounts come up for renewal. The critical cut-off date is April 17. Amazon Hiking Price Of Prime To $99. On Thursday, Amazon announced that the annual price of Amazon Prime, a service which gives members free two-day shipping on millions of eligible items, will increase from $79 to $99. The discounted fee of students will be going from $39 to $49. About the Amazon Prime Membership Charge. At the end of the Amazon Prime free trial or your chosen membership period, your card will be charged automatically for the next membership period. If you choose to be charged on a monthly basis, your membership charge will be $10.99. If you choose to be charged on an annual basis, you will be charged $99. Prime Video membership is $8.99 a month. On Monday, Amazon AMZN, -1.29% announced it is raising the annual price of its Prime membership by $20 to $99; the Amazon Prime membership offers free two-day shipping on more than 20 million items and free access to 41,000 streaming movies and TV shows and some 500,000 Kindle e-books. Amazon last increased its annual Prime membership fee nearly three years ago from $79 to $99. That helped narrow the gap between shipping costs and revenue, but today shipping revenues only account for 55% of shipping costs.
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