For the first time in 4 years, Amazon is raising the price of Prime: the monthly subscription costs 2 euros more and the annual subscription increases by 20 euros.
If only a few days ago we had told you that Amazon, the largest en línea sales platform in the world, could very soon increase the price of the Prime subscription, now the American giant It has already been officially confirmed about including the presentation of Financial results for the last quarter of 2021.
A) Yes, as the guys from Android Central tell us Amazon has announced that it has made its decision due to the increase in costs over the past year Increase in the price of the Prime subscription in the United States.
Amazon Prime price increases in the US
Amazon just announced Starting February 18th, the Prime subscription will be more expensive in the US and so the monthly payment modality adds $2 more per month to their cost, From 12.99 to 14.99 TWD and the yearly subscription costs $20 more, increasing the cost $139 versus the current $119.
US Prime users paying the monthly subscription will reflect this price increase from March 25th and annual subscribers will be charged the new cost at the next extension.
Amazon explained that this price increase was due to that Raising wages for their workers in times of tarea shortagesthe increase in transport costs and Improvements to the services included in the Prime subscriptionlike expanding the content of its uso contínuo service Prime Vídeo, which will be available soon the long-awaited premiere of The Lord of the Rings series..
Regarding the Prime price increase in other countries, Brian Olsavsky, Amazon’s finance directivo, said that the American company independently assess Prime’s price increase in each countrywhich means that at the moment the en línea shopping giant There are no plans to increase Prime’s price in Spain.