Amazon is ending its Prime Invitee program on Wednesday, Oct. 1, which previously allowed non-subscribers to access free shipping if invited by a Prime member outside their household.
The program is being replaced with Amazon Family, which restricts benefit-sharing to one adult living in the same household, along with up to four teens and four children’s profiles.
To share benefits, adults must verify they live at the same address, link accounts, and share payment methods.
Prime membership costs $14.99 per month or $139 annually, while standalone Prime Video is $8.99 per month.
The move follows similar crackdowns by subscription services like YouTube Premium, which has warned against account sharing outside immediate households.
Amazon is offering a 30-day free trial for new Prime users.
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