Amazon Prime will no longer let you share benefits outside household
A big change is coming for those who share their Amazon Prime benefits with others through the Prime Invitee program. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant announced that its Prime Invitee program will shut down on October 1, 2025.
With the Prime Invitee program, Prime subscribers could have their non-Prime friends enjoy free shipping benefits even if they live in a different house. The feature allowed Prime members to share their subscription with family members, such as their kids at college. But not anymore.
Prime Invitee may have helped Amazon attract more users in the initial years of its subscription service; however, the company watered it down over time. Amazon didn’t forget to remind users that its Amazon Family sharing hub still exists, available free of charge to both Prime and non-Prime users.
Amazon Family allows Prime members to add another adult to their digital household, up to four children who can’t shop on Amazon, and up to four teens (who were added before April 7, 2025). You can still add your Prime Invitee to your family if you want to share your benefits.
Prime members who are part of a family can get free, fast delivery, early access to Lightning deals, Prime Video (with ads), Prime Reading, digital content, shared Prime Music with one adult, and third-party services like GrubHub. The catch here is that Prime benefits can only be shared with people who live in the same household.
Non-Prime members can set up a family to share their purchased movies, apps, games, eBooks, and audiobooks. They can also manage content that child accounts can view through the Amazon Kids parent dashboard.
Overall, Amazon’s latest move is part of the rising trend in the subscription space in recent years. In one of its annoying moves, Netflix announced a major crackdown on password sharing, restricting access to a single household and charging for extra members. Other services like Disney+, Hulu, and YouTube Premium have also implemented similar policies.
Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/amazon-prime-will-no-longer-let-you-share-benefits-outside-household/