Title: Amazon Prime - Wikipedia
Headings: Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime
Contents
History
Early history
2012 – 2016
2016 – 2020
In May 2018, Amazon increased the annual US Prime membership fee from $99 to $119.
Sub-brands
Prime Music
Prime Video and Prime Gaming
Main article: Prime Video
Prime Reading
Prime Pantry
Prime Now
Amazon Key
Prime Air
Prime Day
Availability
See also
References
External links

Content: Services include same, one or two-day delivery of goods and streaming music, video, e-books, gaming and grocery shopping services. In April 2021, Amazon reported that Prime had more than 200 million subscribers spread across 19 countries worldwide. Amazon Prime

Type of site
Subscription service
Founded
2 February 2005; 16 years ago
( 2005-02-02)
Area served
International
Owner
Amazon
Industry
Internet
Revenue
$ 19.21 billion (2019)
URL
amazon .com /prime (US)
Registration
Required
Users
200 million
Current status
Active
Contents
1
History
1.1
Early history
1.2
2012 – 2016
1.3
2016 – 2020
2
Sub-brands
2.1
Prime Music
2.2
Prime Video and Prime Gaming
2.3
Prime Reading
2.4
Prime Pantry
2.5
Prime Now
2.6
Amazon Key
2.7
Prime Air
3
Prime Day
4
Availability
5
See also
6
References
7
External links
History
Early history
Amazon Prime electric delivery vans in north London
In 2005, Amazon announced Amazon Prime as a membership service offering free two-day shipping within the contiguous United States on all eligible purchases for an annual fee of $79 equivalent to £56.71 in pounds sterling (equivalent to $103 in 2019) and discounted one-day shipping rates. Amazon launched the program in Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom in 2007; in France (as "Amazon Premium") in 2008, in Italy in 2011, in Canada in 2013, in India in July 2016 Mexico in March 2017, Turkey in September 2020. As of January 2020, there are Prime members in 17 countries in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. 2012 – 2016
Amazon Prime membership in Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, India, and the United States includes Amazon Video, the instant streaming of selected films and TV programs at no additional cost. In November 2011, it was announced that Prime members had access to the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which allows users to borrow up to one a month of specified popular Kindle e-books. People with an email address at an academic domain such as .edu or .ac.uk, typically students, are eligible for Prime Student privileges, including discounts on Prime membership.