- Walmart Plus versus Amazon Prime.
And should you cancel your Amazon Prime membership
now that Walmart has a competing program of its own?
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Before I compare and review Walmart Plus
to Amazon Prime and also showcase a secret tied
to the Walmart program that they are not advertising
that's barely been revealed,
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Now, if you are unfamiliar with Walmart Plus,
you're watching this video and the program
has already started or it's just about to begin
and of course while I will be reviewing Walmart Plus
extensively, I wanna mention to you guys
that it is a September 15th launch date that has either
passed or is just about to happen based on
when you're watching this
and I'm going to compare this to Amazon Prime.
Keep in mind though I am not being sponsored
by either company.
This is just my honest review,
although I definitely am an Amazon hardcore shopper
but Walmart has its place.
And I wanna discuss the perks for Walmart Plus, first.
Let's discuss the price.
The price for Walmart Plus is going to be virtually
identical to Amazon Prime.
You're looking at a four cents per month difference.
And just to remind you guys, if you are a Prime member
you pay $12.99 per month.
If you are a Walmart Plus member,
you pay that minus four cents which is $12.94 per month.
And if you guys are not yet familiar with Prime,
one of the huge perks to the Prime membership program
is that you get fast free two-day shipping.
Walmart is planning to up that with the promise
that you will get free one-day shipping
with a giant asterisk which I'm going to discuss
in a few moments.
But generally, free one-day shipping for items available
at Walmart's local stores.
The other perks of the Walmart Plus program
include an in store shopping experience
that Walmart actually launched a couple years ago
that they're now bringing back if you are a membership
of this program and this is called Scan and Go.
So, if you're someone that doesn't wanna deal
with annoying people possibly like me or you don't wanna
deal with crowds or getting body checked as you walk
through a store, those long wait lines.
The Scan and Go experience allows you to pay for a product
using your Walmart app and your Walmart Plus membership
and then never deal with a cashier or the checkout line
and that might be a real perk for a lot of people watching
right now just as something to mention.
The other benefits of the Walmart Plus membership
is that you will get extensive discounts passed
along directly to you, specifically for groceries.
Now, the grocery delivery tied to Walmart is one of the most
popular shopping experience for people,
which we saw earlier this year when people didn't wanna
leave their homes and that might actually return
to being a reality.
A lot of people do not wanna shop in public for groceries.
Now, Amazon dominates around 26% of the grocery
online shopping experience.
Walmart around 30%.
And while Walmart stocks around 160,000 different products,
Amazon has 3 million.
So, you might be watching this and you're thinking,
well, why would you ever wanna deal then further
with Walmart if you don't have to?
And by the way, subscribers,
how often do you shop at Walmart?
How often do you shop at Amazon?
Do you hate one of these stores?
Let me know.
Leave a comment.
Perhaps one of the other biggest perks
of the Walmart Plus membership is that you also get rewards
and discounts on gas.
Through a partnership with Murphy USA,
Walmart is going to be extending fuel discounts
to Walmart Plus members.
And one of the other greatest things about that
is if you do have a Walmart fuel or service station
in your community, you do not need to do anything
other than join this membership
to score those exclusive fuel discounts.
Now, it's my belief as a consumer analyst
that this discount will eventually extend to Sam's Club.
Obviously, Sam's Club owns Walmart.
So, I think there's a partnership that you could
take advantage of there eventually without ever having
to be a Sam's Club member.
But similar to the folks that pay a membership fee to Costco
and you get the fuel perks, you're definitely going to see
that with Walmart in addition to that free
same-day shipping.
So, the big takeaways of this program
are a four cent per month difference where you're looking
at around $98 per year if you prepay
for your Walmart Plus membership,
you get the free same-day shipping, you get the fuel perks
and the ability to Scan and Go and pay in store
and skip those lines,
this might be a worthwhile program to you.
That is until you compare this to Prime.
Now Prime, love it or hate it has definitely some perks
that Walmart is not even going to bother
with trying to compete.
When Walmart's corporate team has been asked,
are they competing with Amazon Prime?
Is this an Amazon Prime competitor?
They say, no.
They say, this is just its own thing.
Walmart Plus stands on its own and it's not actually built
to compete with Amazon Prime.
I'm gonna let you guys decide.
But let's talk very quickly about the Amazon Prime benefits.
So, you obviously get that free two-day shipping
and you're paying roughly the same amount per month
as you would if you were Walmart Prime member.
They do throw in free movies, TV events
and tons of original programming giving you access
to more than half a million shows,
which is obviously a significant benefit to Prime Video.
Although I know plenty of people that would just rather
watch Netflix and don't use this.
I happen to like Prime Video.
Especially as a dad, there's a lot of kids programming,
which is very beneficial for my household.
The Prime at Whole Foods Market, I think that's good.
But let's be honest, if you're trying to save
a lot of money, you probably aren't shopping at Whole Foods
regularly despite some of the perks that you will get there.
The Prime members reading free is a nice perk
especially if you've got students in your household.
You do get some great offers at no additional cost
from audible, comic books, children's books and so on.
And then one of the best things for me if you take
a lot of photos, you get that unlimited free photo storage
with your Prime membership and if you do shoot video
and photos on a Fire tablet or device of that nature,
you get some additional perks.
There are some Prime membership perks that many people
are not aware of.
These are the lesser known ones.
You can actually skip the virtual lines and get deals
as they are released.
And you can actually get early access to a lot
of the Prime deals which is great.
Prime, now gives you household items and essentials
with a two-hour delivery and one-hour delivery
in certain cities, which is nice.
Prime Gaming thanks to the fact that Amazon owns Twitch,
gives you in-game loot, exclusive surprises,
things along those nature.
You get access as a Prime member
to more than 2 million songs,
You can buy products through the Amazon Alexa voice service,
which I really don't think is a perk,
so I'm going to skip that.
You do get some additional discounts as a Prime member
on exclusive brands.
But one of the best perks of your Prime membership
is something called Amazon Family where Prime members
save 20% on both diapers and baby food when they have five
or more subscriptions arriving.
So, that is a huge thing if you are a parent,
just built on that.
Now, let's talk about the big asterisk in terms of shipping.
Amazon will give you free same-day delivery
as part of your Prime membership
on more than 3 million items.
And this really is the case unless you're ordering something
from a third party which would be a merchant
selling on Amazon.
You know, sometimes you see shipping fees tied to products.
Amazon's just simply serving as the marketplace,
not the store.
So, just keep that in mind when you do see that
'cause it's infuriating.
Walmart is telling you they will give you
free same-day shipping whenever possible on their stock
but that's only if that stock
is available at your local Walmart.
So, if you happen to live in an area or a city
where there are not that many Walmarts
or the Walmart stores are a little bit smaller
or you're trying to purchase something
that's a specialty item,
and while I'm doing a lot of hand motions and air quotes,
there we go.
You could tell I'm excited and fired up.
Your actual purchase will require a minimum spend of $35
if you are shopping at Walmart.
So, that is a disadvantage to Walmart Plus.
Now, when you hear me list all of these
Amazon Prime membership perks and then I list
three or four for Walmart, you guys might say,
that's a no brainer, you would definitely go with Amazon
but the answer shouldn't be that simple.
Some of you watching this video right now will think,
oh my goodness, I hate Walmart, you couldn't even pay me
the membership fee to shop there.
But for others, it's a matter of convenience.
It's a matter of prices.
It's not about whether or not you like a store
or you love the people that work there.
It's about, how much money can you really save your family?
And there's no doubt in my mind that the customer service
on Amazon has always been better.
I did find some personal customer service issues
tied to Amazon when this whole change in the world
began in March.
And Amazon was clearly overwhelmed.
Walmart has also improved
their customer service significantly.
But if you look at the perks just side by side,
the ability to ditch crowds and buy from stores
that may be throughout your community is a serious perk.
The gas savings is significant.
If you drive a lot, if you have an extensive commute,
the gas savings in that partnership is substantial.
And then the free same-day shipping on all sorts of products
is a phenomenal thing,
assuming you make a lot of your purchases from Walmart.
But with that being said, I hate both models.
Why should we pay stores for the luxury of being able
to shop from them?
If they're not giving you a Costco or Sam's Club experience
with extended warranties and VIP treatment
and all sorts of wonderful membership programs
that actually give you money back if you don't reap
the benefits of what you've put into your membership
like Costco, I hate this.
We should all get fast shipping,
maybe not the fuel perks 'cause that's a whole
different thing but we should all get fast shipping
and fast delivery items
and same-day delivery whenever possible.
The thought of having to pay out of pocket
for that experience is insane.
But, if you look at the Prime membership when they throw in
the streaming benefits and the cloud storage that definitely
sweetens the deal to the point where I can at least palate
that membership fee a little bit better.
But that's just me and of course this channel
really isn't about me, it's about you guys.
I know I'm the person in front of the camera
but it's the people watching right now that have opinions
that I wanna hear.
So before I take you through a full in-depth review,
if you even want me to do that of what one month is like
with Walmart Plus as this new membership program,
I'd be pleased to do that.
But, do you even wanna use it?
Does this sound appealing to you?
Would you spend $98 per month
for really what is just these three perks?
Which is the unlimited free delivery, the Scan and Go
and the fuel discounts.
So, think that through.
And hopefully, at least watching this video
you've learned something new.
I think just the asterisk of knowing that it's not unlimited
free delivery and you still have a minimum,
is something that I really had to dig to find.
So, hopefully that at least made it worth watching.
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