Hey there, busy professionals! Have you heard the latest from Amazon? The e-commerce giant has made a significant change that might affect how you share your Prime membership. Starting October 1, 2025, Amazon will officially discontinue its Prime Invitee program. This program allowed non-Prime users to benefit from a member’s subscription, enjoying fast and free delivery without a personal membership. But those days are coming to an end.
In their recent notification, Amazon stated, “We are writing to inform you that the Prime Invitee Program, which allowed sharing Prime’s fast, free delivery with others, will end on October 1, 2025. Your invited guests will be notified directly about this change by September 5, 2025.” So, if you’ve been relying on someone’s Prime membership, it’s time to consider your options.
Previously, Prime members could share their two-day shipping benefits with another adult, even if they lived at a different address. However, Amazon is now shifting its focus to the Amazon Family feature. This new setup permits sharing only with individuals residing at the same primary residential address—essentially, those who live together. If your invitees don’t share your home, they’ll need to purchase their own Prime membership.
Amazon has explained these new rules clearly: “To share benefits, you and your invitee must live together at the same primary residential address. This is the address you consider to be your home and where you spend the majority of your time.” So, if your roommate or partner doesn’t live with you, it’s time to rethink your Prime strategy.
With the Amazon Family feature, you can still share Prime benefits with another adult in your household, along with up to four teens and four child profiles, as long as everyone is at the same address. This makes managing shared services and subscriptions easier while ensuring that accounts remain separate and organized.
This arrangement still provides families access to numerous popular Prime perks, including:
- Fast and free delivery on all Prime-eligible items
- Early access to exclusive Prime sales, events, and Lightning Deals
- Prime Video (with ads included)
- Prime Reading library access
- Access to third-party benefits (like Grubhub)
- Digital content like audiobooks, eBooks, games, and more.
- Plus, Amazon Music Prime allows sharing with one adult in the household for ad-free listening on shuffle mode!
To help ease the transition, Amazon is offering a limited-time deal for non-Prime members: sign up by December 31, 2025, and get your first year for just $14.99. After that, the standard pricing of $14.99 per month or $139 annually applies.
This shift follows trends from other companies like Netflix, Disney+, and YouTube, which have also tightened their household-sharing rules to encourage more subscriptions. As Amazon continues to enhance its delivery network across the U.S., particularly in smaller cities and rural areas, it’s clear that if you don’t live together, you’ll need to invest in your own Prime membership.
