Amazon Prime Student: how it works and how much the service costs for students

Among the various services offered by Amazon, perhaps not everyone knows about Prime Student. In fact, the American giant allows students to access Prime, with all the associated benefits, including the possibility of accessing dedicated offers during Prime Days which will take place on 11 and 12 July 2023. And they will be able to do so completely free of charge, just follow our advice.

What is Prime Student

For some time now, Amazon has been allowing university students to subscribe to Prime Student. A service that does not differ from the classic Amazon Prime but which, to meet the limited budget of off-site customers, has a 50% discounted price.

Despite the low price, in addition to fast deliveries on thousands of products, the subscription to the service is also included Amazon Video, Amazon Gaming and Amazon Music.

How much does it cost to join Prime Student?

It’s always the right time to talk about money, especially when you can save money. First Student costs €24.95, as already mentioned, 50% of the traditional subscription which amounts to 49.99 euros per year. Same thing for those who prefer to pay monthly installment is halved going from 4.99 to 2.49 euros.

Furthermore, just to make it easier for students, Prime Student allows you to take advantage of a 90-day trial, i.e. 3 months, totally free before starting to pay for the subscription (both annual and monthly).

How to join Prime Student

To register for Prime Student it is essential to access the dedicated page through this links and follow the on-screen instructions to subscribe to the service, which is free for the first 90 days.

What are the requirements to access the service

There are no particular requirements to take advantage of Prime Student other than demonstrating that you are a university student.

And to do so, just enter the university email address, provided upon enrollment by the reference university, and the expected year of graduation. In case of no email, just follow the procedure reported by Amazon here.

Prime student vs Prime: the differences

The only differences between the service dedicated to students and the standard one concern the cost and the trial period. As already mentioned, the service for students has a reduced price of 24.99 euroswhile the classic one is 49.99 euros per year.

While the trial period for those subscribing to Amazon Prime is only 30 days, students who decide to subscribe to the dedicated service will be able to try it at no charge for 90 days. The service can then be deactivated at any time during the 3 month trial.

What is included in the Prime Student membership

In addition to the fast delivery of nearly one million products, Prime Student also includes many other services that perhaps not everyone is familiar with:

• Access to the catalog of Amazon Prime Video, where in addition to current series, such as The Ferragnez, it will also be possible to see the Champions League and other sporting events.
• Unlimited photo storage on Amazon Photos and up to 5GB for video content.
• The virtual library of Amazon PrimeReadingwith volumes in ebook format to be read at no additional cost.
• The music of Amazon Prime Musicwith its 2 million high-quality songs that can be listened to on computers, smartphones and more.
• The subscription to Prime Gamingthe new name of Twitch Prime, with which you can subscribe to a streamer’s channel for free and get additional content for different games.

Here you find the links direct to sign up and take advantage of the now services offered by Prime Student.