Join or Switch to Amazon Prime Student: Eligibility & More

Written by Rain Kengly

Last Updated: January 20, 2023

Do you want to sign up for Amazon Prime Student? If you're a student, you'll be able to receive a six-month free trial of Amazon Prime in addition to a discounted cost of the subscription. After four years (or the end of your studies), your Prime Student membership will convert to a normal membership with the undiscounted fee. To sign up, you'll need to fill out an eligibility form, or you can use an email address that ends with .edu. This wikiHow will show you how to join Amazon Prime Student with a new or existing account on your Windows or Mac computer or on your mobile device.

Things You Should Know

Amazon Prime Student members get most, but not all benefits of regular Prime.
To sign up, you'll need to fill out an eligibility form or use a .edu email. Prime Student is only available for a total of four years.
After the trial, you'll be charged for Prime Student at half the cost of Prime for up to 4 years. After 4 years, you'll be switched to regular Prime.

Method 1

Method 1 of 4:

Creating an Amazon Account

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Navigate to the Amazon website. If you don't have an Amazon account yet, you can create one now to begin your Amazon Prime Student membership.
- If you already have an Amazon account, you can proceed to Signing Up for Prime Student on Desktop or Signing up for Prime Student on Mobile.
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Click Accounts & Lists in the top-right corner. This will be underneath Hello, sign in and next to Returns & Orders.
- You will be redirected to the login page.
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Click Create your Amazon account. This will be underneath New to Amazon? in a grey button.
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Enter your details. You will need to fill out Your name, Mobile number or email, and Password.
- Your mobile number or email will be used to sign into your account.
- Make sure to create a secure password.
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Click Verify email. To verify your email, Amazon will send a One Time Password to the email used.
- Be sure to check your email's spam folder if you can't locate the email.
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Enter the OTP. If you haven't received the OTP, click Resend OTP below the form.
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Click Create your Amazon account. Your Amazon account will be created.
- You can now begin to buy on Amazon and leave reviews on purchases.
- In addition to the Prime membership, you can apply for an Amazon credit card.

Method 2

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Signing up for Prime Student on Desktop

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Log into Amazon on your web browser. You'll need an Amazon account to join Prime Student.^{[1]
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Navigate to the Amazon Prime Student homepage. You'll be able to see your complete benefits before you sign up.
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Click Try Prime Student. This will be an orange button. You'll be redirected to an eligibility form.
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Enter your details. All fields are required. You'll need to input your University, First name, Last name, Date of Birth, and Graduation Year.
- To use your .edu email instead, click Click here to signup using your.edu email. You can find this below the form.
- You'll need to add a Payment method and Billing address.
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Click Start your 6-month trial. You can find the terms and conditions below the button.
- You cannot enroll in Prime Student more than once per account. If you had an existing Prime Student membership active in the past, you won't be able to sign up again.
- After your 6-month free trial, you will be automatically updated to a regular Prime Membership at half the cost for up to four years.
- When your four years are over, you will be charged for Amazon Prime at full cost.
- You can always sign up for Prime at any time.

Method 3

Method 3 of 4:

Signing up for Prime Student on Mobile

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Log into Amazon on your mobile web browser. You can use Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or another mobile browser.
- You cannot sign up using the Amazon app. You'll need to use the Amazon website on a mobile web browser.
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Navigate to the Amazon Prime Student homepage. You'll be able to see your complete benefits before you sign up.
- Alternatively, you can search Prime Student in the search bar to be taken to the Prime Student page. Tap Sign up for Prime Student.
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Tap Try Prime Student. This will be an orange button. You'll be redirected to an eligibility form.
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Enter your details. All fields are required. You'll need to input your University, First name, Last name, Date of Birth, and Graduation Year.
- To use your .edu email instead, tap Click here to signup using your.edu email. You can find this below the form.
- You'll need to add a Payment method and Billing address.
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Tap Start your 6-month trial. You can find the terms and conditions below the button.
- Your 6-month trial for Prime Student will begin. When the trial ends, you'll be charged for Prime Student, which is half the cost of regular Prime.
- After a four-year period, you will be upgraded to regular Prime at its normal rates.

Method 4

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Canceling Amazon Prime

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Log into Amazon. If you don't want to keep your Amazon Prime Student membership, you can cancel Prime at any time.
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Click Account & Lists in the top-right corner. This will be next to Returns & Orders.
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Click Prime. You'll be redirected to your Prime benefits and payment settings.
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Under "Manage", click Update, cancel and more. This will open a drop-down menu.
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Click End membership. You will be taken to a new page.
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Click Cancel My Benefits. You can also choose Remind Me Later to keep your benefits and send a reminder three days before membership renewal, or Keep My Benefits to stop the cancellation process.
- This will end your Amazon Prime membership.
- You'll be able to restart your Prime membership whenever you'd like.

Community Q&A

Question

What are the differences between student and regular prime?

Icewolf14

Community Answer

Student prime is cheaper than regular prime, but they both have the same features.