Well friends, this is it. Amazon Prime Day is here, and with it comes all the deals and benefits Amazon offers. There are some truly great deals out there, too, like the Apple Watch 7 or $12.50 in credit with an Amazon Gift card deal.
However, if you're not an Amazon Prime Member you may have noticed many of the deals happening right now either don't show up or have a little blue button telling you the sale price is for Prime Members only. Prime membership is $14.99 a month, BUT… if you've never been a member, or never signed up for a trial, you can get 30 days for free and cancel whenever you want.
Enjoy Amazon Prime Day Deals Without Paying for Prime
With Prime membership, even a trial membership, you unlock all the benefits of Prime, which is kind of wild. For instance, you can watch all the movies and shows, and listen to all the music available for Prime subscribers, for free for the month.
But aside from that, you can get access to Audible deals, like three free months of Audible, as part of your trial membership. You also get to buy all the stuff on Prime Day priced specifically for Prime Day. In other words, if you visit Amazon without a Prime membership, you see an exciting low price and when you go to buy it, Amazon gently reminds you the deal is ONLY for Prime Members, locking you out of the deal.
If you don't want to get locked out of the deals this Prime Day, set yourself up with a free trial. Then set a reminder on your phone to cancel before the trial period ends. You could cancel on Thursday, when Prime Day is completely over, and it wouldn't make any difference, since you've already gotten what you want from it.
Seth Macy is Executive Editor, IGN Commerce, and just wants to be your friend. You can find him hosting the Nintendo Voice Chat podcast.