Amazon Prime Video will have ads in 2024, or users can pay $2.99 monthly to avoid them
Amazon’s Prime Video will begin showing adds during shows and movies early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of subscriptions.
Amazon announces Prime Big Deal Days event in October
Amazon is holding its second Prime sale this year ahead of the holiday season. Here’s what we know about the Prime Big Deal Days event next month.
Amazon boosting pay for contracted delivery drivers, company says
Amazon says it’s increasing pay for contracted drivers who deliver millions of packages to customers every day.
Amazon raising free-shipping minimums for some customers without Prime memberships
The move comes as the online retail giant works to cut costs across different areas of its business.
Amazon raising minimum cost for free shipping in many areas
Amazon recently made changes to its free shipping policy, raising the minimum order requirement in many areas.
Amazon to impose new fees on third-party sellers who ship their own products
Effective October 1, the company will get a 2% cut of every product sold by merchants that are members of Amazon’s Seller Fulfilled Prime Program, or a minimum of $0.25 per item.
Amazon Pharmacy adds automatic coupons to drop insulin prices
Amazon Pharmacy will release coupons that will automatically bring down the cost of insulin on more than a dozen insulin and diabetes care brands.
Amazon launching generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews
Amazon says the feature is now available for some mobile shoppers in the U.S., and the company may expand it to more consumers based on customer feedback.
Amazon holding second Prime sale ahead of holiday season
Amazon's Prime Day event in July was its biggest two-day event in history.
Amazon begins offering grocery delivery for some non-Prime members
Amazon has begun offering its Fresh grocery delivery service to customers who aren’t Prime members.
Pay with your palm: Amazon One technology coming to all Whole Foods
This means Whole Foods Market customers who choose to use Amazon One will no longer need their wallet or even a phone to pay – they can simply hover their palm over an Amazon One device.
New ways to save on Amazon Prime Day, according to experts
Amazon Prime Day is Tuesday and Wednesday, while other retailers offer competing sales.
Amazon Prime Day kicks off Tuesday, experts warn consumers to beware of scams
With a rise in online shopping during the two-day event, experts warn that scammers try to trick unsuspecting shoppers into revealing their personal information or making fraudulent purchases.
Amazon accused of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for what it calls a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.
Amazon's cloud service back to normal after outage that caused some websites to go dark
The company said on its website that the root cause of the issue was tied to a function called AWS Lambda, which lets customers run code for different types of applications.