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.
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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.
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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.
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No notice period is stated for adding or removing benefits.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Prime fees are listed on Amazon's Help pages, are non-refundable unless the Terms say otherwise, and may be taxed
The fee for each Prime plan is stated in the Prime section of Amazon's Help pages, not in these Terms. The fee is non-refundable except where these Terms expressly provide a refund (cancellation within 3 business days, cancellation without any use since the last charge, and prorated refunds when Amazon terminates other than for conduct). Taxes may apply to the membership fee, to Prime's reduced shipping charges, or both.
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The membership fee for each Prime membership plan is stated in the [Prime section](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GJNNP777QLUYFPNG) of our Help pages.
The Prime membership fee is non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms.
Taxes may apply on either or both of the membership fee and the reduced shipping charges for Prime.
Qualifications & exceptions
Express refund cases appear in the Membership Cancellation and Termination by Us sections.
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The fee amounts are on a linked Help page that was not supplied.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
Amazon's billing terms apply only if Amazon bills you; third-party billing terms apply otherwise
The billing terms in this section (declined payments and automatic renewal) apply if you signed up through Amazon and Amazon bills you. If you signed up through a third party and Amazon does not bill you directly, the third party's billing terms apply instead.
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If you sign up for your Prime membership through us and are billed by us, then the billing terms described below will apply to your membership.
If you signed up for your Prime membership through a third party and are not billed directly by us, then the billing terms provided by the third party will apply to your membership.
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Third-party billing terms are not identified or supplied.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
If every payment method on file is declined, you must add a new one promptly or Prime is canceled
For members billed by Amazon: if all eligible payment methods on file are declined for the membership fee, you must promptly provide a new eligible payment method or your membership will be canceled. If the new method is charged successfully, your new membership period runs from the original renewal date, not from the date of the successful charge.
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If all eligible payment methods we have on file for you are declined for payment of your membership fee, you must provide us a new eligible payment method promptly or your membership will be canceled.
If you provide us with a new eligible payment method and are successfully charged, your new membership period will be based on the original renewal date and not the date of the successful charge.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to members who signed up through Amazon and are billed by Amazon.
'Promptly' is not defined.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Permission or license
Prime renews automatically and Amazon may charge any eligible payment method on file unless you cancel first
For members billed by Amazon: unless you tell Amazon before a charge that you want to cancel, your membership continues automatically. You authorize Amazon to collect the then-current membership fee and any taxes from any eligible payment method on file, without notice to you unless applicable law requires notice. Direct members can cancel before the renewal date through Amazon's cancellation page.
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UNLESS YOU NOTIFY US BEFORE A CHARGE THAT YOU WANT TO CANCEL, YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR PRIME MEMBERSHIP WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONTINUE AND YOU AUTHORIZE US (WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU, UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TO COLLECT THE THEN-APPLICABLE MEMBERSHIP FEE AND ANY TAXES, USING ANY ELIGIBLE PAYMENT METHOD WE HAVE ON RECORD FOR YOU.
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
Applies to members who signed up through Amazon and are billed by Amazon.
Charges may go to any eligible payment method on record, not only a chosen one.
No renewal notice is given unless required by applicable law, except that a fee increase is notified in advance.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment
Amazon will tell you about a fee increase before renewal, and you can cancel before the renewal takes effect
If the membership fee goes up, Amazon will notify you of the new fee before the renewal, and you may cancel at any time before the renewal takes effect.
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IF THE MEMBERSHIP FEE INCREASES, WE WILL NOTIFY YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE RENEWAL OF THE NEW FEE.
YOU MAY CANCEL AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE RENEWAL TAKES EFFECT.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated in the billing terms for members billed by Amazon.
Not stated here
How far in advance the notice is given is not stated.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
Amazon may change these Terms or Prime itself without notice; staying a member means accepting the changes
Amazon may, at its discretion, change these Terms or any aspect of Prime membership without notice to you. Continuing your membership after a change counts as accepting it; if you do not agree, you must cancel. If a change is found invalid or unenforceable, it is cut out without affecting the other changes or conditions. The Terms separately promise advance notice before renewal of a fee increase and of a plan transition after lost eligibility.
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We may in our discretion change these Terms or any aspect of Prime membership, without notice to you.
If any change to these Terms is found invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that change is severable and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining changes or conditions.
YOUR CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP AFTER WE CHANGE THESE TERMS CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY CHANGES, YOU MUST CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
Qualifications & exceptions
Specific advance-notice promises exist for fee increases and plan transitions.
Cancelling is the stated way to reject a change.
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The source does not explain how the general 'without notice' right interacts with the specific notice promises.
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.
Amazon not enforcing a term does not waive its rights
If Amazon does not insist on or enforce strict compliance with these Terms, that does not waive any of its rights.
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Our failure to insist upon or enforce your strict compliance with these Terms will not constitute a waiver of any of our rights.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Amazon's total Prime liability is capped at the last membership fee you paid
On top of the limitations and exclusions in Amazon's Conditions of Use, Amazon's total liability to you, whether in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, will not exceed the last membership fee you paid. The cap applies to the fullest extent the law permits and continues after your membership is cancelled or terminated.
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OUR TOTAL LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, WILL NOT EXCEED THE LAST MEMBERSHIP FEE YOU PAID.
THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WILL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND WILL SURVIVE CANCELLATION OR TERMINATION OF YOUR PRIME MEMBERSHIP.
IN ADDITION TO OTHER LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS IN AMAZON.COM'S
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Adds to the Conditions of Use limitations rather than replacing them.
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The Conditions of Use limitations it adds to were not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Prime disputes follow the dispute, governing-law and warranty terms of Amazon's Conditions of Use
Any dispute or claim relating in any way to these Terms or your use of Prime is subject to the dispute resolution, governing law, disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability and all other terms in the Amazon.com Conditions of Use.
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Any dispute or claim relating in any way to these Terms or your use of Prime will be subject to the dispute resolution, governing law, disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability and all other terms in the Amazon.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Covers any dispute or claim relating in any way to these Terms or your use of Prime.
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The Conditions of Use were not supplied, so the dispute-resolution method and governing law are not stated in this source.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Prime Terms are a contract with Amazon.com Services LLC, accepted by signing up for a plan
These Prime Terms (last updated August 14, 2026) are an agreement between you and Amazon.com Services LLC and/or its affiliates and govern both sides' rights and obligations. Signing up for any Prime membership plan counts as accepting them.
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Last updated August 14, 2026
These Terms are between you and Amazon.com Services LLC and/or its affiliates ("Amazon.com" or "Us") and govern our respective rights and obligations.
If you sign up for a Prime membership plan, you accept these Terms.
Qualifications & exceptions
The contracting party is stated as Amazon.com Services LLC and/or its affiliates; the source does not say which affiliate is party in a given case.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Eight linked Amazon agreements and all other site terms are folded into the Prime Terms, as they change
Your use of the Amazon.com website and of Prime is also governed by the listed agreements: the Conditions of Use, the Amazon.com Privacy Notice, and the Terms of Use for Prime Video, Amazon Music, Amazon Photos, the Kindle Store, Amazon Luna and Alexa. It is also governed by all other applicable terms, conditions, limitations and requirements on the Amazon.com website. All of these are incorporated into the Prime Terms in their current form as they change over time.
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Please note that your use of the Amazon.com website and Prime membership are also governed by the agreements listed and linked to below, as well as all other applicable terms, conditions, limitations, and requirements on the Amazon.com website, all of which (as changed over time) are incorporated into these Terms.
Conditions of Use
Amazon.com Privacy Notice
Amazon Prime Video Terms of Use
Amazon Music Terms of Use
Amazon Photos Terms of Use
Kindle Store Terms of Use
Amazon Luna Terms of Use
Alexa Terms of Use
Qualifications & exceptions
The incorporation covers the linked documents 'as changed over time', so their later versions also become part of these Terms.
The catch-all covers 'all other applicable' terms on the Amazon.com website without listing them.
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The linked agreements were not supplied with this source; their contents are not analyzed here.
The source does not identify which 'other applicable' website terms are incorporated.
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.
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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.
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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.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment
Cancel within 3 business days of signing up or converting from a trial for a full refund, minus benefits used
If you cancel within 3 business days of signing up for, or converting from a free trial to, a paid membership, Amazon will refund your full membership fee. However, Amazon may charge you, or hold back from the refund, the value of Prime benefits that you and your account used during those 3 business days.
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If you cancel within 3 business days of signing up for or converting from a free trial to a paid membership, we will refund your full membership fee; provided that we may charge you (or withhold from your refund) the value of Prime benefits used by you and your account during this 3-business day period.
The Prime membership fee is non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms.
Qualifications & exceptions
The refund may be reduced by the value of Prime benefits used by you and your account in the 3-business-day period.
The membership fee is otherwise non-refundable except as these Terms expressly provide.
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The source does not say how the value of benefits used is calculated.
The paragraph does not say whether this rule also applies to members who signed up through a third party, whose refunds it points to the third party's policies.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Later cancellations get a full refund only if no eligible purchases or Prime benefits were used since the last charge
If you cancel at any other time, Amazon will refund the full membership fee only if neither you nor your account made any eligible purchases or used any Prime benefits since your latest membership charge. The fee is otherwise non-refundable except where these Terms expressly provide a refund, so a member who has used Prime since the last charge gets no refund on cancelling under this paragraph.
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If you cancel at any other time, we will refund your full membership fee only if you and your account did not make any eligible purchases or take advantage of Prime benefits since your latest Prime membership charge.
The Prime membership fee is non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms.
If we do so, we will give you a prorated refund based on the number of full months remaining in your membership.
Qualifications & exceptions
The test covers use by you and by your account since the latest Prime membership charge.
A separate prorated refund (by full months remaining) applies when Amazon terminates a membership, except for terminations tied to conduct Amazon determines violates the Terms or law, fraud or misuse, or harm.
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The source does not define 'eligible purchases' in this paragraph.
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.
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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.
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The linked Prime shipping benefits page and the additional-benefits page were not supplied.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Fees and taxes can still apply to Prime orders, and ineligible items in an order pay normal shipping
Even on Prime-eligible purchases, some special product, order or handling fees and taxes may still apply. If only some items in an order are Prime-eligible, you pay the applicable shipping charges for the items that are not.
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Some special product, order, handling fees, and/or taxes may still apply to eligible purchases.
If only some items in your order are eligible for Prime, you will pay applicable shipping charges for the ineligible items.
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The source does not list the special fees that may apply.
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.