How to Get Amazon Prime for Free Before the Big Prime Day Sale

We’re just a week away from Amazon’s Prime Day 2024 — a huge sales event exclusively for Prime Members. This is the time to get some of the best deals across a wide range of items, whether they’re electronics, home appliances, or products lying somewhere in between. 

If you want to take advantage of the deals on tap, you’ll need to sign up for a Prime membership if you haven’t already. Luckily, there’s a simple trick to get in on the sales without having to pay the typical $139 annual fee. We’ll show you how. 

For more, check out how to use Amazon Layaway this Prime Day and Prime members now get Grubhub+ as a permanent perk. 

Here’s how to sign up for Amazon Prime

Amazon makes it very easy to sign up for Prime on its website — just punch in your information and you’re set. But to sign up for the Amazon Prime free trial, you’ll need to provide a valid credit card if you haven’t already done so. 

If you’ve taken advantage of the trial before (and we hear you might get the chance for it every 12 months or so), you might need to use an email you previously haven’t used just to make sure you can secure the trial. 

1. Head to Amazon.com and sign in to or create your Amazon account.

2. Select Prime in your account menu bar.

3. Tap or click Start your 30-day free trial.

4. Make sure your credit or debit card on file is up to date (your billing address, too) — if it’s not, this is the time to do it.

5. Tap or click Start your 30-day free trial. 

6. That’s it! You can start shopping anytime and get Prime membership benefits like expedited shipping.

How to cancel Prime before it renews

To avoid being charged, you’ll need to cancel your membership before the 30 days are up. Here’s how.

1. Sign in to your Amazon account at Amazon.com.

2. Go to your account menu.

3. Select Prime (computer) or Manage Prime membership (phone), then tap Manage membership.

4. Select End Membership.

5. Tap or click End My Benefits.

6. Select Continue to Cancel.

7. That’s it. Your Prime account should be canceled. You can double-check by adding an item to your card and seeing if you have the option to ship it the next day or within two days with Prime. If you can’t, you’ve successfully canceled.

Some Redditors have claimed that when they attempt to cancel their trial, Amazon will sometimes offer to extend it for an additional 30 days. Something to keep an eye out for, and if you get your trial extended, be sure to take note of the new renewal date. 

For more, don’t miss all of the early Amazon Prime Day deals that you can take advantage of right now.