Amazon Prime Terms & Conditions

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Amazon may accept or refuse anyone's Prime membership at its discretion

Amazon reserves the right to accept or refuse a Prime membership at its own discretion.

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We reserve the right to accept or refuse membership in our discretion.

Not stated here

• The source gives no criteria for refusal.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Amazon may send Prime-related emails and messages even if your account settings say otherwise

Amazon may send you email and other communications about Prime and your Prime membership regardless of any settings or preferences on your Amazon account.

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We may send you email and other communications related to Prime and your Prime membership

(regardless of any settings or preferences related to your Amazon account).

Qualifications & exceptions

• Limited to communications related to Prime and your Prime membership.

Not stated here

• The source does not say whether this includes promotional messages or only service messages.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You may not transfer or assign your Prime membership, benefits or Prime promotion codes

You may not transfer or assign your Prime membership or any Prime benefits, including promotion codes for Prime memberships or benefits, except as these Terms allow.

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You may not transfer or assign your Prime membership or any Prime benefits, including

promotion codes for Prime memberships or benefits, except as allowed in these Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• 'Except as allowed in these Terms'.

Not stated here

• The supplied Terms do not themselves describe any permitted transfer or benefit sharing; any allowance on linked or other pages was not supplied.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Members may not use Prime to buy products for resale or rental or to ship to their own customers

Prime members may not buy products for resale or rental, or use Prime benefits to ship to their customers or potential customers.

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Prime members are not permitted to purchase products for the purpose of resale, rental,

or to ship to their customers or potential customers using Prime benefits.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Some Prime benefits are not on every plan and may need purchase thresholds or other criteria

Some Prime benefits are not available on all Prime plans. Some may require minimum purchase amounts, have limits on quantity or shipping address, or require members to meet specified criteria.

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Some Prime benefits are not available for all Prime membership plans and may require

certain purchase thresholds, have quantity or shipping address limitations, or require members to meet specified criteria in order to access them.

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• The specific benefits and criteria are not listed in the supplied source.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Amazon may add or remove Prime benefits or change plan eligibility rules at its sole discretion

From time to time Amazon may, at its sole discretion, add or remove Prime benefits or change the eligibility requirements of a Prime plan. If an eligibility change means you no longer qualify, the Terms say Amazon may move you to another plan with notice before your next renewal.

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From time to time, Amazon may choose in its sole discretion to add or remove Prime

benefits or modify the eligibility requirements of a Prime membership plan.

For any transition, we will notify you in advance of your next renewal.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Plan transitions after lost eligibility come with advance notice before the next renewal.

Not stated here

• No notice period is stated for adding or removing benefits.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Amazon may end your Prime membership without notice; refunds are prorated unless the termination is conduct-related

Amazon may terminate your Prime membership at its discretion without notice. If it does, it will give a prorated refund based on the number of full months left in your membership. There is no refund if the termination relates to conduct that Amazon decides, at its discretion, violates these Terms or any law, involves fraud or misuse of Prime, or is harmful to Amazon's interests or another user.

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We may terminate your Prime membership at our discretion without notice.

If we do so, we will give you a prorated refund based on the number of full months remaining in your membership.

However, we will not give any refund for termination related to conduct that we determine, in our discretion, violates these Terms or any applicable law, involves fraud or misuse of the Prime membership, or is harmful to our interests or another user.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The prorated refund counts only full months remaining.
• Amazon decides at its discretion whether the conduct exception applies.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): Prime fees are listed on Amazon's Help pages, are non-refundable unless the Terms say otherwise, and may be taxed — exception_to: The prorated refund when Amazon terminates a membership (other than for conduct) is an express exception to non-refundability.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Amazon may offer different Prime plans whose benefits and fees vary; you must meet each plan's eligibility rules

Amazon may offer several kinds of Prime plans, including promotional and trial memberships, Prime Student, Prime Access and Prime Shipping; the list is not exhaustive. Benefits and the membership fee may differ by plan. You may join and stay in a plan only if you meet the eligibility requirements on that plan's enrollment page or stated in the trial or promotional offer.

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We may offer various Prime membership plans (including but not limited to promotional memberships, trial memberships, [Prime Student](https://www.amazon.com/joinstudent), [Prime Access](https://www.amazon.com/58f8026f-0658-47d0-9752-f6fa2c69b2e2/qualify), and Prime Shipping).

Prime benefits and membership fee may vary by membership plan.

You may enroll and maintain membership in a Prime membership plan if you meet the eligibility requirements described on the applicable plan's enrollment page or that are otherwise stated in the trial or promotional offer.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Eligibility requirements are stated on each plan's enrollment page or in the offer, not in these Terms.

Not stated here

• The plan-specific eligibility requirements and fees are on linked pages that were not supplied.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

If you lose eligibility, Amazon may move you to another Prime plan after advance notice before your next renewal

If you no longer qualify for your current plan, Amazon may switch your membership to a different Prime plan. Amazon says it will notify you before your next renewal, and you may cancel at any time before the change takes effect.

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If you are no longer eligible to be a member of a plan, we may transition your membership to a different Prime membership plan.

For any transition, we will notify you in advance of your next renewal.

You may cancel at any time before the change takes effect.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The switch is permitted ('may'), not automatic in every case.
• Advance notice is promised before the next renewal; you can cancel before the change takes effect.

Not stated here

• The source does not say which plan you would be moved to or how far in advance notice is given.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Direct members may cancel any time before the renewal date to avoid the next charge

If you signed up for Prime directly with Amazon, you may cancel at any time before your renewal date, using the cancellation page Amazon links, to avoid being charged for the next period.

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If you signed-up for your Prime membership directly through us, you may cancel any time before your renewal date via [this page](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GTJQ7QZY7QL2HK4Y) to avoid the next charge.

Qualifications & exceptions

• This applies to members who signed up directly through Amazon; third-party sign-ups may need to cancel through the third party.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

If you joined Prime through a third party, cancellation and refunds may go through that third party's policies

If you signed up for Prime through a third party, you may need to contact that third party to cancel or to get any refund, under the third party's own policies.

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If you signed up for your Prime membership through a third party, you may need to contact the third party to cancel your membership or receive any refund under its applicable policies.

Qualifications & exceptions

• 'May need' — the source does not say this is always required.

Not stated here

• The third parties and their policies are not identified or supplied.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Prime shipping covers only certain designated products and depends on inventory, deadlines, speed and sometimes address

Prime shipping benefits depend on inventory availability, order deadlines, the delivery speed you select and, in some cases, your shipping address. They apply only to certain products sold by Amazon.com or participating third-party sellers on Amazon.com, and to certain products on third-party websites that offer Prime shipping. Eligible products are marked as Prime on their product pages.

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depend upon inventory availability, order deadlines, delivery speed selected, and in some cases the shipping address.

They are limited to certain products sold by Amazon.com (or third-party sellers participating in Prime) on the Amazon.com website and to certain products on third-party websites that offer Prime shipping benefits.

Products eligible for Prime will be designated as such on their product pages.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only 'certain' products qualify; the product page designation shows eligibility.

Not stated here

• The linked Prime shipping benefits page and the additional-benefits page were not supplied.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Order changes can affect Prime eligibility; bulky items may get only Standard Delivery; Amazon may exclude items

Changing or combining orders, or changing your shipping address, speed or preferences, might affect whether an order keeps Prime shipping. Some purchases may only get Standard Delivery because of their size, weight or other shipping characteristics, and Amazon may exclude products with special shipping characteristics at its discretion.

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Changing or combining orders, or changing your shipping address, speed, or preferences might affect Prime eligibility.

Certain purchases may only be entitled to Standard Delivery because of their size, weight, and other shipping characteristics.

We may exclude products with special shipping characteristics at our discretion.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Exclusion of products with special shipping characteristics is at Amazon's discretion.