10 Ways to Increase your Savings When Shopping at Amazon

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Amazon is No. 1 online retailer in the U.S. If you are looking for how to save money on Amazon, here are 10 great ways to maximize your savings when shopping at Amazon. Using these saving tips will help you get the best Amazon deals and make sure that you get the most out of the money paid.

1. Use Subscribe and Save for everyday items

If you have household items such as shampoo and conditioner, cleaning supplies. You can save time and money by with Amazon’s Subscribe & Save program. Amazon ships the items you ordered on regular basis. You save 15% on 5 or more subscriptions to be delivered on a recurring schedule.

 

2. Check Amazon Coupon page that offers various coupons by category

Amazon Coupon page has a large number of coupons for shopping at their website. Select the category, and then find the relevant coupon and click the item. It will lead you to the product page, and the coupon is already applied when you put the item in the cart.

3. Share a Prime Member’s benefits within the household

Primary members can share their prime benefits with another adult in the household. Both adults need to link their accounts in an Amazon Household and agree to share payment methods. Each adult keeps his or her personal account.

4. Check Amazon Warehouse Deal section

Amazon Warehouse Deal Section Offers open-box and pre-owned products at a discounted price. It uses “like new,” “very good”, “good”, “acceptable” to indicate the overall condition the product is in.

 

5. Check Amazon Outlet section

Amazon also has an outlet section, where you can find low prices on markdowns, clearance items, overstocks, and more. Items listed there are up to 60% off. Both Amazon outlet and Warehouse are part of Amazon so items sold there are covered by Amazon return policy and Prime members can still enjoy free shipping.

 

6. Use Free No-Rush shipping to get Amazon credits

Prime members who do not need their order right away can choose Free No-Rush Shipping to earn promotional credits for future purchases. The order will arrive in 5 days.

7. Join Amazon Prime Student

With Amazon Prime Student membership, College students can enjoy Prime benefits with a longer free trial (6 months) and lower prime membership fee (50% off).

 

8. Meet the Amazon minimum purchase threshold to get free shipping

For non-Prime members, all orders of $35 or more of eligible items across any product category ($25 of eligible books) qualify for FREE Shipping. If you are only a few dollars short of the threshold, try the site Filleriterm.com to find cheap items that will get your order to the required amount.

9. Use CamelCamelCamel for price tracking

Use CamelCamelCamel to get price history of the items from Amazon that you are interested in. You can also set up price drop alert to be notified when items you are watching drops.

10. Get cash back from Ebates

Cash back is available from Ebates for select departments at Amazon. Currently, you get 3% cash back from purchases of luggage, Kindle E-readers, Fire Tablets, etc.

 

In addition, don’t forget to check Amazon’s Today’s Deal (also called Goldbox deal) to find deal of the day, lightening deals, and limited-time sales.

 

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