Celebrating Ten Years: Amazon Prime by the Numbers

(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Ten years ago, Amazon launched Prime, ushering in unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on one million items. Now, tens of millions of Prime members around the world enjoy a menu of benefits they can use every day. In the U.S. that includes unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 20 million items, unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Instant Video, more than one million songs and hundreds of playlists with Prime Music, early access to select Lightning Deals and access to more than 800,000 books to borrow with the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.

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About Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime is an annual membership program for $99 a year that offers members unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 20 million items across all categories, unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Instant Video, one million songs and hundreds of playlists with Prime Music, early access to select Lightning Deals and access to more than 800,000 books to borrow with the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Prime benefits are also available to parents and students. Amazon Mom is a membership program aimed at helping parents and caregivers save on products for their families. Members receive 20% off diaper subscriptions, access to exclusive discounts, and more. Amazon Students pay only $49 per year after a six month free trial and receive other discounts and promotions while they are a student. Try Prime free at amazon.com/prime.

About Amazon

Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire tablets, and Fire TV are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon.

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