Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $35
By Amy Lu 7 comments
Have you heard? Amazon's Free Super Saver Shipping for $25 orders is a thing of the past. You now need to spend $35 to qualify for free shipping. This marks the first time in a decade that Amazon has changed the order minimum for free shipping in the US.
Note that this policy change doesn't affect Amazon Prime, which gets you free 2-day shipping (no order minimum!), plus a slew of other perks, for $79 a year. If you're a frequent online shopper, you'll easily recoup the membership cost in shipping savings. And with the holiday season just around the corner, this would be great time to check out Prime — especially the 30-day free trial. Did you almost forget to send Great Aunt Marcy a garlic press? She never has to know.
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What does this mean for add on items where you need at least $25 of qualifying items to even have it shipped? They all still say $25.
Sad to hear this, but good to know. Thanks for sharing. I have Amazon Prime and love it!
Won't be as likely to add items to meet the minimum now, but I probably need to shop less anyhow, so thank you Amazon!
Another attempt to get consumers to spend more money to 'save' with free shipping. I've made purchases to meet the minimum just to get the free shipping, I may rethink that. Why buy things you don't truly need to meet the free shipping level, when the shipping fees alone may not even bring your total to the required $35.
I'll be surprised if they don't raise the price for Amazon Prime as well.
I imagine this free shipping base rate will cause a lot of people, myself included to make the jump to Amazon Prime. They will get more money up front, from people joining AP, but it will cost them more when I order little things that I might ordinarily wait on, every week or so and have them delivered via 2-day.
$10 may not seem like much, but that is quite a jump. Luckily I have the Amazon Prime subscription which easily pays for itself after a couple of orders.