How to Get Amazon Prime for Free Before the Big Prime Day Sale

We’re just a week away from Amazon’s Prime Day 2024, a massive sales event exclusively for Prime members. Now’s the time to score some of the best deals on a wide range of items, whether they’re electronics, appliances, or products that fall somewhere in between.

If you want to take advantage of the deals out there, you’ll need to sign up for a Prime membership if you haven’t already. Luckily, there’s a simple trick to getting in on the sale without having to pay the usual $139 annual fee. We’ll show you how.

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How to Sign Up for Amazon Prime

Amazon makes it really easy to sign up for Prime on its website — just fill in your information and you’re all set. But to sign up for your free Amazon Prime trial, you’ll need to provide a valid credit card if you don’t already have one.

If you’ve taken advantage of the trial before (and we’ve heard you get that chance about once every 12 months), you may need to use an email address you haven’t used before to ensure you get the trial.

1. Go to Amazon.nl and sign in to Amazon or create an Amazon account.

2. Select First in the menu bar of your account.

3. Tap or click Start your 30-day free trial.

4. Make sure your credit or debit card on file is up to date (and your billing address too). If it isn’t, now is the time to do so.

5. Tap or click Start your 30-day free trial.

6. That’s it! You can start shopping anytime and enjoy Prime membership benefits like expedited shipping.

How to cancel Prime before it renews

To avoid being charged, you must cancel your membership before the 30 days are up. Here’s how.

1. Log in to your Amazon account at Amazon.com.

2. Go to your account menu.

3. Select First (computer) or Manage Prime Membership (phone), then tap Manage Membership.

4. Select Terminate membership.

5. Tap or click End my benefits.

6. Select Continue to Cancel.

7. That’s it. Your Prime account should be canceled. You can double check by adding an item to your card and see if you have the option to ship it the next day or within two days with Prime. If not, you’ve successfully canceled.

Some Redditors claim that when they try to cancel their trial, Amazon sometimes offers to extend it for 30 days. Something to be aware of, and if you do let your trial extend, make sure you note the new renewal date.

Don’t miss out on Amazon Prime Day’s early deals, which you can take advantage of now.