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Amazon has announced a major change in its membership policy, effective October 1, 2025. The company will discontinue the Prime Invitee program, which allowed Prime members to share their benefits ...

If you’re sharing the Amazon Prime membership of a family member or friend outside your household, prepare to pay up.Beginning Oct. 1, the company is eliminating "Prime Invitee," a program that let ...

Starting next month, Prime members who want to share shipping perks with other customers must live together at the same primary residential address, a change from the company's previous allowance.

If you're using someone else's Amazon Prime membership for their free shipping but you don't live in the same household, you might need to pay another monthly cost soon. According to Amazon's updated ...

For years, millions of Americans have enjoyed Amazon Prime’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) free shipping without paying for their own subscription, thanks to the company’s “Prime Invitee” program. That loophole will ...