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Prime Invitee Program coming to an end

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Good program coming to an end.

We are writing to inform you that the Prime Invitee Program, which allowed sharing Prime's fast, free delivery with others, will end on October 1, 2025. Your invited guests will be notified directly about this change by September 5, 2025.


We are excited to recommend Amazon Family as an alternative which enables you to share many Prime benefits with one adult and up to four children in your household at no additional cost. Shared benefits include fast, free delivery, Prime Video, Amazon Music, exclusive deals, select digital content (audio books, eBooks, games and more), access to Grubhub+, Shutterfly Photos, and fuel savings at bp, Amoco, and participating ampm locations.


To transition to Amazon Family:
Visit Amazon Family to add household members. Adult members must accept email invitations
Manage members in the "Members" tab and sharing preferences in the "Sharing" tab.

If another adult in your household would like full Prime benefits, they can easily sign up for their own Prime membership.
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gandara.m
09-01-2025 at 04:08 PM.
09-01-2025 at 04:08 PM.
Oct 1, 2025 is the end date.
I was willing the pay in order to help my close family benefit, but the cost is too much for just me.
Is there already a thread on SD that's been started? I would appreciate a link.
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09-01-2025 at 04:32 PM.
09-01-2025 at 04:32 PM.
Here's the email that one of my invitees got:

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You are currently enjoying Prime's fast, free delivery as an invited guest of a Prime member through the Prime Invitee program. We want to inform you that this program will end on October 1, 2025, after which you will no longer have access to the shared Prime shipping benefit.

To continue accessing Prime benefits, you have two options:

Get your own Prime membership: Get 12 months of Prime for $14.99 - that is 89% off 12 months of Prime. This special offer begins on September 5, 2025 and remains valid until December 31, 2025. You'll keep your order history when you sign up using your current account. Take advantage of this offer before it ends.

Join Amazon Family: Get access to all Prime benefits at no cost by joining a household Prime member's Amazon Family. Once they send you an invitation, you can enjoy shared Prime benefits like fast, free delivery, access to exclusive deals, Prime Video, Amazon Music, select digital content (including audio books, eBooks, games, and more), access to Grubhub+, Shutterfly Photos, and fuel savings at bp, Amoco, and participating ampm locations.
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g10ny
09-01-2025 at 05:45 PM.
09-01-2025 at 05:45 PM.
Actual family (spouse) of Prime member here and got the letter. Need to see if spouse sent an invitee invite or a family invite, there was no difference in how it worked until now afaik.
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09-01-2025 at 06:06 PM.
09-01-2025 at 06:06 PM.
I received an email from Amazon that their Prime Benefit Sharing (Prime Invitee program) is ending October 1.

Your Prime Benefit Sharing is Ending - Action Required

Hello,
You are currently enjoying Prime's fast, free delivery as an invited guest of a Prime member through the Prime Invitee program. We want to inform you that this program will end on October 1, 2025, after which you will no longer have access to the shared Prime shipping benefit.

To continue accessing Prime benefits, you have two options:
Get your own Prime membership: Get 12 months of Prime for $14.99 - that is 89% off 12 months of Prime. This special offer begins on September 5, 2025 and remains valid until December 31, 2025. You'll keep your order history when you sign up using your current account. Take advantage of this offer before it ends.
Join Amazon Family: Get access to all Prime benefits at no cost by joining a household Prime member's Amazon Family. Once they send you an invitation, you can enjoy shared Prime benefits like fast, free delivery, access to exclusive deals, Prime Video, Amazon Music, select digital content (including audio books, eBooks, games, and more), access to Grubhub+, Shutterfly Photos, and fuel savings at bp, Amoco, and participating ampm locations.

To maintain uninterrupted access to Prime benefits, please select your preferred option before October 1, 2025.

For more information, please visit our Help Page.

Thank you for being a valued customer!

Thank you,
Amazon Customer Service



Amazon Family is replacing the Prime Invitee Program

Prime benefit sharing through the Prime Invitee program will end on 1 October 2025. Prime invitees will lose access to the shared Prime delivery benefit, but can use Amazon Family instead or sign up for their own account.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/cu...pLUajUcnXX
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09-01-2025 at 06:07 PM.
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I won't renew thereafter
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dealhunter85
09-01-2025 at 06:07 PM.
09-01-2025 at 06:07 PM.
Didn't realize this was even a thing. Thought prime family/household was the only option.
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09-01-2025 at 06:16 PM.
09-01-2025 at 06:16 PM.
Quote from dealhunter85 :
Didn't realize this was even a thing. Thought prime family/household was the only option.
What's the difference? Vague (purposefully no doubt).
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09-01-2025 at 06:37 PM.
09-01-2025 at 06:37 PM.
Quote from dealhunter85 :
Didn't realize this was even a thing. Thought prime family/household was the only option.
This was before Prime Household. Each Prime account holder could send out invites up to 4x to other Amazon non-Prime members to share Prime benefits. They didn't need to be in your household or share your account wallet. Amazon grandfathered this benefit as long as the primary Prime account kept renewing until now. You could get prime pretty cheap back when the invite program was active because people were selling invites on places like eBay.
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eilegz
09-02-2025 at 07:00 AM.
09-02-2025 at 07:00 AM.
Well for me 35 was already expensive but i was willing to pay to get the benefits together with other friends, now that they are forcing the new one, not thanks i guess they will drop prime members number in mass
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jjmai
09-02-2025 at 05:27 PM.
09-02-2025 at 05:27 PM.
So, Amazon Family must share the same wallet/credit card, right?
I guess no more buying stuffs behind spouse's back.
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g10ny
09-04-2025 at 06:20 AM.
09-04-2025 at 06:20 AM.
So Amazon figured out I was spouse of Prime subscriber, second email announced no change of status. Good on them. It almost sounds like the whole process was conducted by humans.
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pitflyer
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Today at 08:08 AM.
anyone affected sign up and confirm they got one year of prime for $15? because that's what my email states but the website only shows the regular monthly rate.
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