- These are 10 new Amazon Prime membership benefits
you need to know in 2021.
I'm excited to have you here.
Welcome back to the channel.
I'm the YouTube Deal Guy, Matt Granite.
Clearly I don't get out much,
but I'm even more excited today
because your Prime membership
can score you additional savings
on your Smartphone plan,
your favorite television networks.
There's a way to double dip and also score freebies.
Many of these perks that I'm going
to share today are practically secrets
considering how few people actually use them.
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It helps with my self esteem or lack thereof.
Prime perk number one, Smartphone plan savings.
This year, in 2021, you can now get
an additional 10% back in terms of your savings
if you're a Prime member and you do take advantage
of one of these new offers,
which rotate on a regular basis
for unlimited talk and text Smartphone plans
for as little as $20 per month, all in.
In terms of my family,
we're not traveling nearly as much as we used to.
So I encourage anyone to audit their own Smartphone plans.
Check if the plan advantages you have
with your current carrier are actually something
that you are using.
In addition to the all-inclusive plan savings,
you do get that additional 10% back as a credit each month.
There's no credit checks, no forms to fill out.
And the wireless plans that you can find,
if you expand the video description box
you guys will find a link,
I do use affiliate links with means I benefit, monetarily,
if you're kind enough to use one of my links,
regularly change per month.
So if you see something tied
to a carrier that you're not quite crazy about right now,
I can guarantee you over time,
bundled with some Smartphone deals,
you will be happy, or at least hopefully
a little bit happier when it comes
to your Smartphone provider.
And the number two spot as a Prime perk.
This is actually tied to a two hour delivery
that is new on Amazon for 2021.
Whole foods is now included as part
of the free two hour delivery window on Amazon
if you are a Prime member.
Whole Foods a little bit out of my budget
not necessarily somewhere that I would shop regularly,
and by the way, guys, we are looking for grocery hacks
or savings or the best things that you could buy
at Aldi or Trader Joe's or Costco.
I do have that on this channel
but for those of you that do shop from Whole Foods
that might be an advantage of which you can take advantage
of right now.
In the number three spot,
it's a way to double dip using
the Prime Rewards credit card.
And if you're not considering this credit card, don't worry.
I have freebies and
that digital network television savings perk
in a few moments.
But let me show you a couple
of examples tied to double dipping,
if you do have that Amazon Prime Rewards credit card.
Let me just move my picture in picture window
of my oversized head attached to what looks
like a teenage boy's body to most of you
down a little bit more so you can see the fine print.
If you guys look, the Roku Premier,
as an example, is a 4K HDR streaming media device.
That's 29% off.
Good savings.
But if you do have the Amazon Prime credit card
and you do use that to complete your purchase,
you're going to get an additional 10% back.
And sometimes that percentage back is 15%.
If you take a look at the Kasa Smart Plugs right now,
they're 15% off
but if you use your Amazon Prime credit card
you get an additional 15% off.
And in the past,
I've actually seen some double dip cashback offers
if you do have the Prime Rewards credit card
for as high as 20 or 30%.
I saw one on a TV and one on a Robovac not too long ago.
Prime perk number four.
Your Prime membership actually benefits you
on multiple platforms, not just Amazon.com.
Let's take Shopbop as an example.
My wife is just starting to figure out
if this is a retailer that gets her excited.
But free shipping and free returns are not only a part
of your Amazon Prime membership,
but if you're not shopping on Shopbop, East Dane,
free three-day shipping and free returns
if you're an Amazon Prime member.
That's at that top of the page.
And for a website that I frequent more regularly,
like woot.com, a daily deal site
that offers free shipping for Prime members.
You're gonna dodge shipping fees that are
anywhere from $5.95 to $11,
depending on the product and the deal.
And your savings can add up very quickly,
if you are a Prime member.
Wow, those abs are really intense.
He's got like a 12 pack.
I have a minus 12 pack and I'll work on that at some point,
hopefully in the next few years.
And speaking of food, before I get to freebies,
Amazon Prime membership perk number five
is tied to Amazon Fresh.
Amazon Fresh previously cost $15 per month.
It lets you skip the long grocery lines
by shopping online and picking a delivery window
that's convenient for you.
As long as you hit their order minimum of $50,
you will get the free delivery.
And I'm particularly content with this change
to the Prime membership because paying $15 per month
just to use a grocery service
that has its own minimums was really aggravating to me.
And I'm happy that they got rid of that.
If you noticed I was a little bit angry there,
when I relayed Prime perk number five.
When I'm in a funk, sad, or angry,
one of the only things that gets me happy,
other than bubble tea, is a freebie.
So for perk number six and seven on this list,
I'm going to explore freebies
and then we'll get into the television network offers
which I think are wonderful.
If you guys are not yet aware
as part of Prime perk number six,
Amazon has launched Amazon's First Reads program for 2021.
And Prime members can choose
one free Kindle book each month,
which is an incredible perk.
The savings add up quickly.
Many of these books are $4.99 or $9.99.
The ones in front of me right now, typically $4.99.
So just for being a Prime member,
you can get a free editor's choice,
trending or highly popular award-winning book for free.
For fellow parents out there like myself.
I have noticed that the children's picture books
which have significantly higher value often than $4.99
are also free for Prime members on this list.
My two year old absolutely loves
many of the picture books that I show her from this list.
So if you are a parent or just an adult
who really loves children or picture books,
you're covered.
I should also note that the Amazon original stories,
their new short reads,
are also free now with Prime and that's new for 2021
and a fantastic perk.
Before I get to television and Prime video,
perk number seven is tied to magazines.
And this section just launched a few weeks ago
where Prime members will receive a four month
print magazine subscription for 99 cents.
This is great for Mother's Day, Father's Day,
a stocking stuffer, an anniversary,
if you're feeling really cheap.
One of the nice things
about this gift is you can actually go
to a convenience store, grab a magazine, put a bow on it.
So you can actually give someone the physical gift
and you can indicate in the card
that half year subscription is on the way.
You've only spent a dollar.
In the number eight spot,
a great way to save on your favorite television networks
and in particular a 30 day freebie
that I think everyone should know about.
So I'm gonna open up my Prime video collection right now.
And let's say you've got an extended period
of time where everyone's home.
The kids are back from college.
Your family vacation is not nearly as exciting
as you thought it would be.
And you want to use the streaming benefit
tied to your Prime membership.
Not only does your Prime membership give you access to more
than a half million award-winning movies and TV shows
through Prime video, which is a competitor to Netflix.
And you guys can sound off in the comment section
on whether or not you think Prime videos as good
as Netflix or better or way worse.
But it's important to note
that you can subscribe independently
to your favorite television networks through Prime,
bypassing your cable or satellite provider.
Particularly good if you've cut the cord.
But that's not the freebie.
This is.
What I've learned as a Prime member,
Amazon's actually given me access to networks
I didn't know I was subscribed to, completely for free.
So if you look at MGM right here, oh, "Child's play",
that's a great movie for my daughter.
Being sarcastic, by the way.
The MGM subscription is actually included
with my Prime membership, which I was not aware of.
And for some of the fancier networks,
like the Sundance movie channel network,
you guys look very closely,
I can watch Sundance for free for 30 days.
Not the one week trial
you would get tied to many of your favorite networks
if you go to their website.
A full 30 days.
Brit box, whatever that is,
sounds like a network comprised
mostly of British programming.
My sister who lives in London would like this.
Actually, she wouldn't, cause she lives there.
So she probably gets it for free
but free 30 days for that.
Something like Nick+, again, a free 30 day period.
If you plan accordingly, you could have an entire free year
of premium network programming for free.
I'm not telling you to work the system too much
to your advantage, but you could do one month free
with one network and then cancel that free trial
and move on to the next subscription
and get that free for another month.
It could be really fun.
I should probably write a blog about that.
And by the way guys,
if you want to see any of my blogs or deals
thedealguy.com is where I have that.
Perk number nine is an amazing freebie for gamers.
And also one of the more misunderstood sides
of your Prime membership.
As I'm sure most of you are aware,
Amazon owns Twitch, the gaming, streaming,
social media like network, but anyhow, they've rebranded
many of its gaming freebies tied to Twitch.
And it's now part of this new umbrella
for 2021 called Prime Gaming.
As a Prime member, you get one free digital game per month
and you also have access to what they call Loot.
This is not a perk that's automatically activated
on your Prime membership.
So you do need to actually go into Prime Gaming.
If you have a Twitch account
you can link them, which is fantastic,
but you do need to activate Prime Gaming
to score that one free game per month.
Before I get to another substantial freebie,
which is part of the bonus section of this video,
perk number 10 is tied to an exclusive landing page
of deals for Prime members.
And a lot of people don't actually know,
that there is a Prime member deal page
where you can find all
of the top offers dedicated to Prime members.
This is great for Prime early access deals
on occasions like Prime day, black Friday, or cyber Monday
where you could easily save 40% before anyone else.
And many of those deals do expire
in a matter of seconds,
before they hit the general public.
But other rolling perks tied to things like that
cell phone plan that I mentioned, they are featured here.
And again, I will have a link for all of the Prime deals.
If you expand that video description box,
you will be able to at least see what's available right now.
Prime bonus perk one of two.
And then I'm going to tell you guys how you
can score more deals from me.
If you guys are not yet aware,
there are ways to save on your Prime membership.
In particular, if you are a student
you get a free six month membership.
But what you might not be aware of,
there's two perks tied to being a student.
All you need is a .edu address.
The first perk for students is you can actually
score an entire year of Showtime for 99 cents.
That's great.
Particularly if you can enjoy that
with the rest of your household,
your parents, your siblings.
On Amazon Music Unlimited,
you could score that for 99 cents a month
down from five bucks, which is a perk.
But what I really like is the new selection
of deals curated for college students.
It's a time right now where a lot
of parents and families are struggling
but for anyone watching right now,
if you are not a student
you can still use this selection of curated deals.
So the apparel selection,
not just things that students are buying.
I'm sure students are all looking
to buy jewelry and diamonds.
But for occasions where you really need to save,
anyone watching right now,
regardless of you being a student or not,
these deals are fair game for anyone and
on something like the eero mesh
which I just saw on the Computer and Accessory category.
If you take advantage of this deal right now,
again you don't need to be a student,
you'd be saving $56 on Amazon eero mesh.
And that's just for simply knowing
this section exists for students.
And finally for bonus number two
as a top Amazon Prime membership perk,
new for 2021,
the Amazon Alexa voice service shopping
has been completely revamped.
Where if you say the A word and ask your Echo,
what types of deals are available,
she will rattle off a full range
of deals that are exclusive for Prime members
but also exclusive to owning an Echo.
So it's like a double exclusive.
You're a Prime member and you own an Echo.
You get double the savings
or at least some deals that are not advertised
to the general public.
Personally, I hate shopping
from my Amazon Alexa voice service
cause I like to see the product.
I like to see the links.
Just simply ordering through my voice
is a little bit weird.
But if you use that in conjunction with actually opening
up the product on your Amazon browser,
doing the research and then facilitating your purchase
through your Echo,
that might be the way to make it work.
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