Amazon Prime Day 2024: How to Sign Up for Prime Before the Big Sale

Amazon's Prime Day for 2024 is closing in as we officially greet the summer heat this July. While we're still waiting for the specific date, the big sale day has historically been in July, which Amazon has already confirmed. Now as we patiently wait for the date to drop, if you haven't signed up for Prime yet, it's about time you do. 

Not only is signing up for Amazon Prime easy, you can get a 30-day free trial to test it out. This also means you can take advantage of all the sales from Prime Day and cancel it before it's set to renew. 

Below, we'll show you how to sign up and cancel your Prime membership so you're ready to click or tap your way into some solid savings on Prime Day. 

For more summer sales, here's what you need to know about Amazon Prime Day 2024 next month and the July 4th sales that you shouldn't miss. 

Amazon Prime plan breakdown

Amazon offers four ways to subscribe to Prime, but two of those come with qualifications. Here's the breakdown. 

• Prime monthly: $14.99/month -- 30-day free trial
• Prime annual: $139/year -- 30-day free trial
• Prime Access: $6.99/month -- 30-day free trial
• Prime Student: $7.49/month -- first 6 months free 

Prime Access and Prime Student are discounted plans, and you need to qualify to participate. Those who qualify for certain government assistance programs can sign up for Prime Access, and only students, to no one's surprise, can sign up for Prime Student. 

With the standard Prime plans, you have the choice to go monthly or annually, with the latter allowing you to save slightly over $40 over a year vs. the monthly plan. 

Sign up for Amazon Prime with a few clicks

To take advantage of Prime deals, you'll want to be a Prime member. To sign up, all you'll need to do is: 

1. Navigate to www.amazon.com/amazonprime. 
2. Tap the rectangular orange box that says Start Your 30-Day Trial.
3. If you already have an Amazon account, sign in. If you don't have an Amazon account, tap Create Account.
4. You will be prompted to enter your name, email address and password. Amazon will require you to verify your email address with a one-time password. 
5. Select your payment method -- which can be a credit card, debit card, gift card or whatever other payment method you choose -- and add that information. Then click Continue.

That's it. You're now officially a Prime subscriber. 

Canceling Amazon Prime is about as easy as signing up

If you decide a Prime membership is no longer right for you, or if you want to end your free trial, it's pretty easy to cancel. 

1. Sign into your Amazon account, and tap the Account & Lists dropdown menu.
2. Then select Prime Membership in the Your Account column. 
3. Next, under the Manage membership heading, tap Update, cancel and more. 
4. Then, simply select End Membership. 

If you don't want to follow these steps, you can also go to this support page and jump directly to the End Membership button. Either way, after selecting End Membership you will no longer be subscribed to Amazon Prime. 

For on Amazon, be sure to check out how to return your Amazon products for free and 16 Amazon Prime perks you might not know you have.